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STATE v. TAPPS

No. 02-KA-0547.

832 So.2d 995 (2002)

STATE of Louisiana v. Lionel TAPPS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

October 29, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip E. O'Neill, Gretna, LA, for Lionel Tapps, Defendant-Appellant.

Paul D. Connick, Jr., District Attorney, Twenty Fourth Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson, Terry M. Boudreaux, Andrea F. Long, Assistant District Attorneys—Appellate Counsel, Louis Butler, Assistant District Attorney—Trial Counsel, Gretna, LA, for State of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee.

Panel composed of Judges THOMAS F. DALEY, MARION F. EDWARDS and SUSAN M. CHEHARDY.

SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, Judge.

On August 27, 2000, the Jefferson Parish District Attorney filed a bill of information charging defendant, Lionel Tapps, with forcible rape of a juvenile and one count of second degree kidnapping of a juvenile. On September 28, 2000, he was arraigned and pled not guilty.

After trial, which was held on June 26 and June 27, 2001, the 12-member jury found defendant guilty of forcible rape and...

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