STATE v. PONTIFF

Cr91-720.

604 So.2d 71 (1992)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nathan Howard PONTIFF, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Marquet, Lafayette, for defendant-appellant.

Mike Harson, Asst. Dist. Atty., Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DOUCET and KNOLL, JJ., and COREIL, J. Pro Tem.


KNOLL, Judge.

Defendant, Nathan Howard Pontiff, appeals his conviction of forcible rape,1 a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:42.1, and his sentence of 10 years at hard labor, 2 years to be served without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. Defendant assigns as errors insufficient evidence to support the conviction and alternatively, the imposition of an excessive sentence. We affirm.

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