State v. Ste. Marie

| THIBODEAUX, Judge.

On June 21, 1996, the defendant, Bradford Ste. Marie, was convicted of four counts of indecent behavior with juveniles. Ste. Marie was sentenced on each count to serve five years at hard labor with all but two years suspended, with the sentences to run consecutively, and five years of supervised probation. Ste. Marie appeals. Because we conclude that the trial court abused its discretion in denying Ste. | gMarie’s request for a continuance, we reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand the matter for a new trial.

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FACTS

In April of 1995, two children, C.H. and A.H.,…