In 2020, the Second Circuit Court of Appeal in [[Shreveport]] reversed the 40-year sentence imposed by Judge Manning on a Bastrop man, Jerry Lynn Peck, who was convicted of [[kidnapping]], aggravated [[burglary]], and armed [[robbery]]. The appeal court rejected Manning's 40-year sentence in the kidnapping portion of the case but affirmed the 30-year and 99-year sentences that Manning imposed on Peck for aggravated burglary and armed robbery. The appeal court reversed Peck’s conviction for second-degree kidnapping because the verdict of the jury was not unanimous.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hannapub.com/ouachitacitizen/news/local_state_headlines/appeal-court-tweaks-judge-mannings-ruling-in-kidnapping-case/article_ef635cd6-a5ba-11ea-986d-97c02d059476.html|author=Zach Parker|title=Appeal court tweaks Judge Manning's ruling in kidnapping case|publisher=''The Ouachita Citizen''|date=June 3, 2020|accessdate=September 27, 2020}}</ref> | In 2020, the Second Circuit Court of Appeal in [[Shreveport]] reversed the 40-year sentence imposed by Judge Manning on a Bastrop man, Jerry Lynn Peck, who was convicted of [[kidnapping]], aggravated [[burglary]], and armed [[robbery]]. The appeal court rejected Manning's 40-year sentence in the kidnapping portion of the case but affirmed the 30-year and 99-year sentences that Manning imposed on Peck for aggravated burglary and armed robbery. The appeal court reversed Peck’s conviction for second-degree kidnapping because the verdict of the jury was not unanimous.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hannapub.com/ouachitacitizen/news/local_state_headlines/appeal-court-tweaks-judge-mannings-ruling-in-kidnapping-case/article_ef635cd6-a5ba-11ea-986d-97c02d059476.html|author=Zach Parker|title=Appeal court tweaks Judge Manning's ruling in kidnapping case|publisher=''The Ouachita Citizen''|date=June 3, 2020|accessdate=September 27, 2020}}</ref> |