STATE v. SCOTT

No. 34,949-KA.

823 So.2d 960 (2002)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. John Henry SCOTT, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 25, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy Ellender, Louisiana Appellate Project, Counsel for Appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, Robert W. Levy, District Attorney, A. Shawn Alford, Clifford R. Strider, III, Assistant District Attorney, Counsel for Appellee.

Before STEWART, GASKINS and PEATROSS, JJ.


GASKINS, J.

Following a jury trial, the defendant, John Henry Scott, was convicted of aggravated incest, a violation of La. R.S. 14:78.1. He was adjudicated a third-felony offender and was sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the defendant's conviction, his adjudication as a third-felony offender, and his sentence.

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