State v. Thibodeaux

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL FIRST CIRCUIT, PARISH OF LAFOURCHE

11 Writ granted. Defendant, convicted of aggravated rape and aggravated incest, contended by application for post-conviction relief that trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to cross-examine the victims, defendant’s daughters, whose videotaped statements were introduced at trial without live testimony (among other claims). The district court denied relief after conducting an evidentia-ry hearing at which trial counsel testified. The court of appeal granted writs in part because it found that…