State v. Varnum

Frank Varnum was charged by bill of information with two counts of aggravated crime against nature, in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:89.1. Initially, he pled not guilty and elected trial by jury. At the trial, after two of the State’s three witnesses had testified, defendant changed his mind; and, pursuant to a plea bargain agreement, he pled guilty as charged on both counts. In exchange for the guilty pleas, the trial court promised to impose concurrent, rather than consecutive, sentences for the instant offenses; and the State nolle prose-quied a related charge (molestation of a juvenile) in…