STATE v. TRACKLING

No. 2004-K-3222.

921 So.2d 79 (2006)

STATE of Louisiana v. Sylvester TRACKLING.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 19, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, Eddie J. Jordan, Jr., District Attorney, Claire Adriana White, Richard James Richthofen, Jr., Donna R. Andrieu, Assistant District Attorneys, for applicant.

Mary Constance Haynes, Donald Anthony Sauviac, Jr., for respondent.


WEIMER. J.

We granted certiorari to review the court of appeal's determination that attempted sexual battery is not a crime punishable under the laws of the state of Louisiana and that the trial court erred in denying defendant's pre-trial motion to quash the bill of information charging him with that offense. After considering the relevant statutory law and jurisprudence, we hold that attempted sexual battery is a cognizable offense in Louisiana and, for that reason...

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