State v. Floyd

Benjamin Michael Floyd was convicted of indecent behavior with juveniles, adjudicated a third-felony habitual offender, and sentenced to the mandatory life at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. He now appeals that sentence as excessive. We affirm.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

After driving a float in a 2013 Mardi Gras parade in Shreveport, Floyd got in the back of his truck with his 12-year old niece, told her she was his "new favorite toy," and began groping her breasts, legs, and buttocks. Another float driver, and his 16-year-old daughter, witnessed this,…