STATE v. ZORNES

No. 34,070-KA.

774 So.2d 1062 (2000)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Jerry ZORNES, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peggy J. Sullivan, Louisiana Appellate Project, Monroe, Counsel for Appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, Paul J. Carmouche, District Attorney, Edwin L. Blewer, III, Tommy J. Johnson, Assistant District Attorneys, Counsel for Appellee.

Before BROWN, GASKINS and CARAWAY, JJ.


CARAWAY, J.

The state charged the defendant with one count of aggravated rape of his six-year-old daughter. A jury found him guilty of that offense. The court denied the defendant's motion for a new trial and motion for a post-verdict judgment of acquittal. On appeal, the defendant urges three assignments of error, including sufficiency of evidence, the introduction of other crimes evidence, and the excessiveness of the mandatory sentence of life in prison. Finding...

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