Legal Opinion
State v. Authier
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 25, 2012No. 46,903-KAPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
|tA DeSoto Parish grand jury returned an indictment charging the defendant, Calvin Authier, with aggravated rape, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:42. Following a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of molestation of a juvenile, a responsive verdict to the charged offense. He was adjudicated a fourth felony habitual offender and was sentenced to serve life in prison at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. For the following reasons, we affirm the defendant’s conviction and sentence.
FACTS
The victim in this case is A.W.,1 who was 11 years old at the time of…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- State v. DortheySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- State v. MussallSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1988
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1995
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3Cited by9 opinions
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