State v. Floyd

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Benjamin Michael Floyd, was convicted as charged of indecent behavior with a juvenile. The court imposed a sentence of 20 years hard labor without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. On the same day, the state filed a multiple offender bill, which was still pending when the defendant filed the instant appeal of his conviction.1 For the following reasons, we affirm the defendant's conviction for indecent behavior with a juvenile.

FACTS

The defendant pulled a float in a 2013 Mardi Gras parade held in Shreveport. While he and other float…