State v. Romero

| THIBODEAUX, Judge.

The defendant, Jimmy Romero, was convicted of molestation of a juvenile for incidents occurring between 1983 and 1986. He was indicted by an Iberia Parish Grand Jury on March 23, 1993. His Motion to Set Aside the Verdict Based Upon Defendant’s Plea of Prescription was denied by the trial court. He was sentenced to a suspended fifteen year term at hard labor and placed on five years supervised probation under certain stringent conditions.

|2He appeals and asserts that his prosecution was barred because of time limitations.

We affirm.

FACTS

The defendant was charged with the…