State v. Murray

BROWN, Chief Judge.

| ^Defendant, Daniel Murray, was charged in a two-count Grand Jury indictment with forcible rape, a violation of La. *36R.S. 14:42.1, and molestation of a juvenile, a violation of La. R.S. 14:81.2. Defendant was 38 years old at the time, and the victim was the 16-year-old daughter of defendant’s girlfriend. The crime occurred on January 21, 2009, at defendant’s apartment in Minden, Louisiana. Defendant pled not guilty and pursued, through his retained attorneys, an aggressive pretrial strategy. On the trial date, defendant entered into a plea agreement. The first count of the…