State v. Jenkins

|2The defendant, Bradley Lee Jenkins, was charged by grand jury indictment with three counts of aggravated rape of a minor under the age of thirteen, in violation of La. R.S. 14:42(A)(4). The defendant initially pled not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity, and filed a motion to appoint a sanity commission to determine his competency to stand trial. The parties stipulated to the doctors’ reports and the trial court found the defendant competent to proceed. The defendant then withdrew his former pleas and entered a plea of not guilty on all counts.

Following a trial by jury, the…