State v. Vallo

| defendant Joshua Vallo seeks supervisory review of the denial of his application for post-conviction relief (“PCR”). For the following reasons, the writ is granted in part and the matter is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings.

FACTS

Defendant was charged with the aggravated incest of his eight-year-old stepdaughter, M.M., between the dates of April 1 and June 3, 2010. A jury trial was held on April 23-25, 2012. Defendant was convicted of aggravated incest and was sentenced to serve 50 years at hard labor, with the first 25 years to be served without the benefit of parole,…