State v. Johnson

hThe defendant, Demetrick D. Johnson, pled guilty to one count of domestic abuse battery (burning), a violation of La. R.S. 14:35.3(B)(1) and (5), by burning his domestic partner, Remona Smith Edwards, with a hot iron on her right arm during a violent domestic argument. At sentencing; the district court applied Subsection M of the statute, a special penalty provision triggered when the domestic abuse battery is committed “by, burning that causes serious bodily injury” as defined by. Paragraphs B(l) and B(S)1 in the statute..The court,sentenced the defendant to 40 years at hard labor without…