STATE v. SIMMONS

No. 03-KA-20.

845 So.2d 1249 (2003)

STATE of Louisiana v. Leon SIMMONS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

April 29, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Connick, Jr., District Attorney, Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson, Terry M. Boudreaux, Assistant District Attorney, Gretna, LA, for Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Margaret S. Sollars, Louisiana Appellate Project, Thibodaux, LA, for Appellant, Leon Simmons.

Panel composed of Judges JAMES L. CANNELLA, THOMAS F. DALEY, and SUSAN M. CHEHARDY.


SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, Judge.

On June 22, 1995, the Jefferson Parish Grand Jury indicted defendant, Leon Simmons, on one count of aggravated rape, in violation of La. R.S. 14:42, and one count of aggravated crime against nature, in violation of La. R.S. 14:89.1. On September 25, 1995, defendant was arraigned and pled not guilty.

After a two-day trial which commenced on April 15, 1997, the twelve-member jury found defendant guilty as charged on both counts. On...

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