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STATE v. NEWTON

No. 45365.

128 So.2d 651 (1961)

241 La. 261

STATE of Louisiana v. Lester NEWTON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied April 24, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gravel, Sheffield & Fuhrer, Alexandria, for defendant-appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., F. Jean Pharis, Dist. Atty., A. M. D'Angelo and Jules L. Davidson, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Alexandria, for appellee.

HAMITER, Justice.

A jury tried Lester Newton under an indictment charging that on or about July 4, 1959 he committed aggravated rape in the Parish of Rapides, and it returned a verdict of guilty as charged. Thereupon, the defendant filed a motion for a new trial. However, the district judge overruled it, following a lengthy hearing thereon, and subsequently pronounced a sentence of death.

On this appeal the defendant...

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