STATE v. EDWARDS

No. 43315.

94 So.2d 674 (1957)

232 La. 577

STATE of Louisiana v. Donald Rufus EDWARDS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 1, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Noel L. Adams, Jr., Jack C. Wimbish, C. P. Brocato, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edwin L. Blewer, Dist. Atty., Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellee.


HAMLIN, Justice ad hoc.

The defendant appeals to this Court from his conviction of the crime of aggravated rape denounced by LSA-R.S. 14:42 and his sentence to death by electrocution.

Defendant's counsel reserved nine bills to the rulings of the trial judge, but only seven are presented for consideration on this appeal.

Bill of Exceptions No. Two was reserved to the trial court's overruling defendant's challenge of Juror Claude Hamel.

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