STATE v. BRIGGS

No. CR87-1123.

526 So.2d 297 (1988)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wesley BRIGGS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Veazey, Public Defender Office, Abbeville, for defendant-appellant.

J. Nathan Stansbury, Dist. Atty., Louis Garrot, Asst. Dist. Atty., Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FORET, STOKER and DOUCET, JJ.


DOUCET, Judge.

Wesley Briggs was indicted by a Vermilion Parish grand jury on October 17, 1985, for aggravated rape, a violation of La.R.S. 14:42. Following jury trial on April 7, 1987, defendant was convicted of forcible rape, a violation of La.R.S. 14:42.1. The State filed a multiple offender bill to which defendant pleaded not guilty. The trial court denied defendant's Motions for Post Verdict Judgment of Acquittal and in the alternative for a new trial.

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