State v. Comeaux

THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.

| defendant, Lonnie Paul Comeaux, was convicted by a jury of molestation of a juvenile, a violation of La.R.S. 14:81.2, on January 20, 2011. He claims on appeal the trial court erred by allowing the video of the victim’s statement into evidence in addition to her live testimony. He further argues the trial court erred in its jury instruction on reasonable doubt.

FACTS

The victim, D.C.,1 was eleven years old at the time of trial. She testified Defendant “put his four fingers inside of [her]” while they were lying in bed watching television on Father’s Day of 2009.…