STATE v. DESPANIE

No. KA 2006-1269.

949 So.2d 1260 (2007)

STATE of Louisiana v. Donavan DESPANIE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 7, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Thomas Babin, Assistant District Attorney, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Michael Harson, District Attorney, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Mark Owen Foster, Foster & Foster, Minden, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Donavan Despanie.

Donavan Despanie, Kinder, LA.

Court composed of OSWALD A. DECUIR, GLENN B. GREMILLION, and BILLY HOWARD EZELL, Judges.


EZELL, JUDGE.

On December 14, 2004, the Defendant, Donavon Despanie, was indicted with aggravated rape, a violation of La.R.S. 14:42. On September 20, 2005, the Defendant entered a plea of no contest to the amended charge of simple rape, a violation of La. R.S. 14:43.

The Defendant was sentenced on March 7, 2006, to serve twenty-five years at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence with credit for time served. The trial court...

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