State v. Dew

STOKER, Judge.

Defendant, Harold Ray Dew, was charged by bill of information with two counts of sexual battery in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:43.1. The sexual battery was committed upon a five-year-old female named Dianna Michelle Knutzen and a seven-year-old female named Kristina Belle Knutzen. On October 21, 1985 the defendant was tried by a six-person jury that found him guilty as charged. On February 14, 1986 the trial judge sentenced the defendant to serve ten years at hard labor on each count, with the two sentences to run consecutively. The defendant appeals his conviction and sentence,…