STATE v. H.L.J.

No. 2008-1070.

6 So.3d 997 (2009)

STATE of Louisiana v. H.L.J.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 1, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward K. Bauman, Louisiana Appellate Project, Lake Charles, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellant, H.L.J.

Trent S. Brignac, District Attorney-Thirteenth Judicial District, Kathy Meyers, Assistant District Attorney, Ville Platte, Louisiana, for Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Court composed of JOHN D. SAUNDERS, MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, and JAMES T. GENOVESE, Judges.


GENOVESE, Judge.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On November 20, 2007, Defendant, H.L.J.,1 was indicted by an Evangeline Parish grand jury on one count of aggravated rape. On June 16, 2008, pursuant to trial by jury, the jury returned a responsive verdict of guilty of forcible rape in violation of La.R.S. 14:42.1.

On October 2, 2008, Defendant was sentenced to serve twenty-five years at hard labor, with the first two years to be served...

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