STATE v. GRIFFIN

No. 15455-KA.

438 So.2d 229 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Joseph L. GRIFFIN, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 1983.

Writ Denied December 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanders & Sanders by Martin S. Sanders, Jr., Winnfield, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles B. Bice, Dist. Atty., Kermit M. Simmons, Asst. Dist. Atty., Winnfield, for appellee.

Before PRICE, HALL and JASPER E. JONES, JJ.


PRICE, Judge.

On March 8, 1982, defendant was charged by a grand jury indictment with the offense of incest of his 14-year-old daughter, in violation of La.R.S. 14:78. He was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to serve nine (9) years at hard labor. It is from this conviction and sentence that defendant appeals alleging eight assignments of error.

FACTS:

The facts of the case are essentially that defendant and his daughter, while hunting in the woods...

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