STATE v. BENAVIDES

No. 54,265-KA.

336 So.3d 114 (2022)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Jorge Lopez BENAVIDES, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Judgment rendered March 9, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LOUISIANA APPELLATE PROJECT, By: Prentice Lang White , Counsel for Appellant.

ROBERT STEPHEN TEW , District Attorney, SHIRLEY M. WILSON-DAVIS , Assistant District Attorney, Counsel for Appellee.

Before MOORE, ROBINSON, and O'CALLAGHAN (Pro Tempore), JJ.


A unanimous jury convicted Jorge Lopez Benavides as charged for two counts of vehicular homicide (La. R.S. 14:32.1) and one count of first degree vehicular negligent injuring (La. R.S. 14:39.2). The trial court imposed a sentence of 20 years and 19 years at hard labor for each count of vehicular homicide, to be served consecutively as...

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