State v. Huy The Dao

|2The defendant, Huy The Dao, was convicted of indecent behavior with a juvenile, a responsive verdict to molestation of a juvenile, and sentenced to two years imprisonment at hard labor, which was suspended, with two years active, supervised probation. See La. R.S. 14:81; La. R.S. 14:81.2. The defendant now, appeals arguing that the state failed to timely bring the case to trial and that his constitutional right to a speedy trial was violated. We affirm the conviction and sentence.

DISCUSSION

The defendant was convicted after a trial at which the victim testified that when he was sixteen years…