STATE v. ESSEX

No. 24,781-KA.

618 So.2d 659 (1993)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. David ESSEX, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 5, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Beal, Jonesboro, for appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Walter E. May, Jr., Dist. Atty., Douglas L. Stokes, Asst. Dist. Atty., Jonesboro, for appellee.

Before SEXTON, HIGHTOWER and VICTORY, JJ.


HIGHTOWER, Judge.

A jury found David Essex guilty as charged of aggravated kidnapping, LSA-R.S. 14:44. Subsequently, the conviction resulted in a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without benefit of probation, parole or suspension. On appeal, defendant asserts nine assignments of error. For reasons hereinafter expressed, we affirm the conviction and sentence.

FACTS

At about 2:30 p.m. on March 20, 1992, when Wanda Atkins returned from...

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