STATE v. PARDUE

No. 28,264-KA.

671 So.2d 1226 (1996)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Elton R. PARDUE, Jr., Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

April 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Rick Warren, Indigent Defender Board, for Appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, James M. Bullers, District Attorney, Charles Minifield, Asst. District Attorney, for Appellee.

Before MARVIN, WILLIAMS and STEWART, JJ.


STEWART, Judge.

A grand jury returned an indictment against defendant for the aggravated rapes of his two half-sisters. After the children's father removed them from this jurisdiction, the state agreed to accept guilty pleas to two counts of simple rape, contrary to LSA-R.S. 14:43. The trial court imposed consecutive 15-year hard-labor sentences and denied a timely motion to reconsider. Defendant urges the sentence is excessive. We affirm.

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