State v. Brooks

Defendant, Michael Joseph Brooks, Jr., was charged by grand jury indictment with one count of molestation of a juvenile (under the age of thirteen years), a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:81.2 (count 1), and two counts of aggravated rape (of a victim under the age of thirteen years), violations of LSA-R.S. 14:42 (prior to amendment, which redesignated aggravated rape as first degree rape) (counts 2 and 3). He entered a plea of not guilty and, following a jury trial, was found guilty as charged on counts 1 and 3; he was found not guilty on count 2. Defendant filed a motion for post-verdict judgment…