STATE v. SHANK

No. 05-KA-421.

924 So.2d 316 (2006)

STATE of Louisiana v. Christopher S. SHANK.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

February 14, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Connick, Jr., District Attorney, Terry M. Boudreaux, Thomas J. Butler, Martin Belanger, Roger Jordan, Assistant District Attorneys, Twenty-Fourth Judicial District, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, Gretna, Louisiana, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Christopher Shank, Angola, Louisiana, Defendant/Appellant.

Margaret S. Sollars, Louisiana Appellate Project, Thibodaux, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellant.

Panel composed of Judges JAMES L. CANNELLA, MARION F. EDWARDS, and SAM A. LeBLANC, III, Judge, Pro Tempore.


MARION F. EDWARDS, Judge.

Defendant, Christopher Shank, appeals his conviction for aggravated rape. For the reasons that follow, we affirm defendant's conviction and remand in order to correct errors patent on the face of the record.

Defendant, Christopher Shank, was indicted by a grand jury on October 9, 2003 and charged with aggravated rape in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:42. Shank initially pled not guilty and then changed his plea to not guilty by reason of...

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