State v. Jones

COREIL, Judge Pro Tem.

Defendant, Clarence Jones, Jr., was charged by grand jury indictment with forcible rape, a violation of La.R.S. 14:42.1. After trial before a jury of twelve, Jones was found guilty. He was initially sentenced to imprisonment of forty years at hard labor in the custody of the Department of Corrections, with two years to be served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. The State filed a bill of information charging the defendant as an habitual offender under La.R.S. 15:529.1. He was found to be an habitual *82offender and was re-sentenced to…