State v. Speights

GUIDRY, Judge.

Defendant, Kenneth Wayne Speights, was charged by bill of information with the crime of molestation of a juvenile, a violation of La.R.S. 14:81.2. On April 13, 1988, a jury of twelve unanimously found the defendant guilty as charged. Thereafter, the defendant filed a motion for directed *347verdict. The trial court denied this motion. The defendant was sentenced to eight years at hard labor.1 The defendant appeals on the basis of one assignment of error.

FACTS

On the morning of December 19, 1987, the defendant and his fifteen-year-old stepdaughter, Edna “Gracie” Mazza, began driving…