Louisyr v. State

The defendant's two convictions for aggravated stalking did not merge for sentencing purposes because the defendant followed the victim to a hotel and then attempted to make contact with her.

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Karl Max Louisyr was tried by jury and convicted of two counts of aggravated stalking in violation of OCGA § 16-5-91. He now appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial, asserting that the evidence adduced at trial is insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he engaged in a pattern of harassing and intimidating behavior directed at his victim. Louisyr also contends on appeal that, even if the evidence is sufficient to sustain his convictions, the trial court erred when it failed to merge his convictions for sentencing purposes. We find no merit in either of these claims of error and affirm. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict,1 the record shows that Louisyr and Guylene Mompremier were married for at least 19 years2 and had four children together. Following an incident of domestic violence at their Florida home in June 2007, Mompremier and the couple’s three minor daughters left the home and moved to a domestic violence shelter. On June 27, 2007, Mompremier obtained a protective order against Louisyr in Florida, which prohibited him from, among other things, having any type of contact with her or coming within 500 feet of any place she was residing. That order also granted full custody of the couple’s minor children to Mompremier and reserved jurisdiction to the Florida court to determine whether Louisyr would be awarded any visitation rights.

Shortly after she obtained the protective order, Mompremier was contacted by Paul Lucot, a family friend who previously had been married to Louisyr’s cousin.3 Lucot explained that he had learned of Mompremier’s situation from other family members, who had provided him with Mompremier’s cell phone number, and that he wanted to help her and her children. He said that he had a four bedroom house in Georgia, and he invited Mompremier and her children to stay with him. When Mompremier asked if Lucot was acting in concert with her husband, Lucot insisted that he had not had any contact with Louisyr.

Louisyr v. State

The defendant's two convictions for aggravated stalking did not merge for sentencing purposes because the defendant followed the victim to a hotel and then attempted to make contact with her.

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