STATE v. DIXON

No. 03-160.

852 So.2d 471 (2003)

STATE of Louisiana v. Joseph Michael DIXON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 4, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Paul Marx, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Joseph Michael Dixon.

Charles Addison Riddle III, District Attorney, 12th JDC, Renee Yvette Roy, Assistant District Attorney, Marksville, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, JOHN D. SAUNDERS, and BILLY HOWARD EZELL, Judges.


THIBODEAUX, Judge.

The Defendant, Joseph Michael Dixon, appeals his conviction of second degree cruelty to juveniles, La.R.S. 14:93.2.3, and his sentence of thirty years at hard labor. He asserts that the sentence imposed was excessive in comparison to the nine year sentence imposed on the co-defendant, the mother of the juvenile. Additionally, he maintains that the trial court erred in determining the competency of the child witness, and the sufficiency of the evidence...

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