State v. J.P.F.

THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.

| ,The defendant, J.P.F.,1 entered an “Alford plea”2 to two counts of attempted aggravated oral sexual battery pursuant to La. R.S. 14:27 and La. R.S. 14:43.3. The trial court sentenced J.P.F. to two concurrent sentences of twenty years at hard labor. The trial court denied J.P.F.’s motion to reconsider sentence, and J.P.F. appealed. Because we find J.P.F.’s due process rights were violated, we vacate his sentence and remand for resentencing.

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ISSUE

We shall consider whether the trial court violated the defendant’s due process rights when, in sentencing the defendant, it…