State v. Bairnsfather

LOBRANO, Judge.

Defendant, Raymond Bairnsfather, was charged by bill of information with aggravated crime against nature upon his niece, K.W., a violation of La.R.S. 14:98.1.1

Defendant was tried on November 27th and 28th, 1989 by a twelve-member jury and was found guilty of the lesser offense of crime against nature. On December 1, 1989, defendant was sentenced to five (5) years at hard labor.2 FACTS:

K.W. was eight years old at the time the crime was committed. She lived with her mother, M.W., a younger brother, and her mother’s boyfriend, G.D. During the latter part of 1988, defendant, K.W.’s…