Legal Opinion
State v. Joyner
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 22, 2016No. 50,740-KAPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
|,The defendant, Maurice Joyner, appeals his conviction for aggravated incest and 25-year hard labor sentence. For the following reasons, we affirm the conviction and sentence.
FACTS
The eight-year-old female victim, M.J., born on August 3, 2005, is one of three children born of the marriage of Kelly Gobert and Brian Joyner. Kelly and Brian are divorced, and both have since remarried. Kelly has primary physical custody of M.J., who spends every other weekend with Brian. Brian is the adopted son of the defendant. The defendant is the victim’s legal paternal grandfather, age 78.
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