STATE v. DURASO

Nos. 12-1463, 12-1465.

127 So.3d 1015 (2013)

STATE of Louisiana v. Deke Edmond DURASO.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 11, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. DeRosier , District Attorney, Carla S. Sigler , Assistant District Attorney, Karen McClellan , Assistant District Attorney, Lake Charles, LA, for State of Louisiana.

Paula Corley Marx , Louisiana Appellate Project, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant, Deke Edmond Duraso.

Deke Edmond Duraso Angola, LA, In Proper Person.

Court composed of Sylvia R. Cooks, Marc T. Amy, and Phyllis M. Keaty, Judges.


AMY, Judge.

The State charged the defendant with four counts of aggravated incest in 2009. In 2011, the trial court denied defendant's motion to quash in which he cited the two-year time period for commencement of trial set forth in La.Code Crim.P. art. 578(A)(2). Ultimately, and pursuant to a plea agreement, the defendant entered a guilty plea. The trial court thereafter rejected the State's sentencing recommendation and imposed sentences totaling fifty years. The...

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