STATE v. LAWRENCE

No. 98-KA-0348.

752 So.2d 934 (1999)

STATE of Louisiana v. Michael A. LAWRENCE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherry Watters, Louisiana Appellate Project, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorney for Defendant/Appellant, Michael A. Lawrence.

Harry F. Connick, District Attorney, Nicole Barron, Assistant District Attorney of Orleans Parish, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Appellee, The State of Louisiana.

Court composed of Judge MIRIAM G. WALTZER, Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY and Judge ROBERT A. KATZ.


MURRAY, Judge.

Michael A. Lawrence appeals his convictions for forcible rape and aggravated crime against nature, as well as his sentences as a second felony offender on both counts. We affirm for the reasons that follow.

FACTS

On the evening of April 13, 1993, twelve-year-old D.M. told her mother, Vita, and then her stepfather, Henry, that Uncle Michael had sexually abused her on several occasions within the past six months.1<...

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