STATE v. HORTON

No. 84-KA-423.

476 So.2d 9 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana v. Danny HORTON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Writ Denied November 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Mamoulides, George Mustakas, Dorothy A. Pendergast, District Attorney's Office, Gretna, for plaintiff-appellee.

Joseph J. Tosh, Gretna, for defendant-appellant.

Before CHEHARDY, GAUDIN and GRISBAUM, JJ.


GAUDIN, Judge.

Danny Horton was tried before a six-person jury in the 24th Judicial District Court and convicted of indecent behavior with a juvenile. He was sentenced to three years in the parish prison.

On appeal, he assigns two errors:

(1) There was insufficient evidence to support his conviction, and

(2) The trial judge should not have allowed the prosecutor to mention prior acts and prior convictions.

Horton was convicted of the...

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