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STATE v. DOWNS

No. 30348-KA.

705 So.2d 1277 (1998)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Chuck DOWNS, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 21, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Snell and Robinson by Randall R. Robinson, Shreveport, for Appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, James M. Bullers, District Attorney, J. Schuyler Marvin, Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee.

Before BROWN, STEWART and GASKINS, JJ.

GASKINS, Judge.

The defendant was charged with two counts of aggravated incest, a violation of La. R.S. 14:78.1, for offenses committed upon his 13-year-old stepdaughter and his nine-year-old natural daughter. The defendant was allowed to plead guilty to one count and was sentenced to the maximum sentence of 20 years at hard labor. The defendant appeals, arguing excessive sentence. We affirm.

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On December 25, 1995, the defendant's wife notified...

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