State v. Ricks

_JjThe defendant, Wesley Ricks, was convicted by a jury on five counts of aggravated-rape, in violation of La. R.S. 14:42, and four counts of cruelty to a juvenile, in violation of La. R.S. 14:93. He was sentenced to serve life imprisonment at hard labor on counts one through five of aggravated rape, with counts two through five to be served concurrently with each other and consecutive to count one, and ten years imprisonment at hard labor on counts six through nine of cruelty to a juvenile, with counts six and seven to be served concurrently with each-1 other and consecutive to counts one…