State v. Brown

Originally charged with two counts of aggravated rape, defendant Ranee Brown pled guilty to two counts of the lesser included offense of forcible rape and then to a second felony offender bill. La.R.S. 14:42.1; 15:529.1. In accordance with his plea agreement, he was sentenced as an habitual offender to two concurrent sentences of 20 years at hard labor (including two years without benefit), to be served consecutive to a prior four-year sentence for simple burglary. Brown sought post conviction relief; the Louisiana Supreme Court set aside the habitual offender adjudication and sentence…