STATE v. COTTON

No. 42,509-KA.

965 So.2d 1016 (2007)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee v. Richard COTTON, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

September 19, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Paul Marx, Louisiana Appellate Project, Lafayette, for Appellant.

Paul J. Carmouche, District Attorney, Tommy J. Johnson, Brady O'Callaghan, Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee.

Before STEWART, GASKINS and PEATROSS, JJ.


GASKINS, J.

The defendant, Richard Cotton, was convicted by a jury of one count of sexual battery. A motion for post-verdict judgment of acquittal was denied and the defendant was sentenced to serve five years at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. A motion to reconsider the sentence was also denied. The defendant then appealed his conviction and sentence. For the following reasons, we affirm.

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