State v. Lodge

BYRNES, Judge.

Defendant was charged by Bill of Information with forcible rape, a violation of La.R.S. 14:42.1. He was found guilty by a 10-2 vote of a twelve person jury and sentenced to 20 years at hard labor. Defendant appeals asking this court to review the record of his conviction for errors patent.

We have done so and find but one error. The record reveals that the trial court failed to state the period during which defendant’s sentence would be without benefit of parole probation or suspension of sentence. La.R.S. 14:42.1 requires that “at least two years of the sentence imposed shall be…