STATE v. ANDERSON

No. 49643.

229 So.2d 329 (1969)

254 La. 1107

STATE of Louisiana v. Percy James ANDERSON et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied December 15, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Stagg, Jr., W. Gene Carlton, Shreveport, Thomas B. Wilson, Bossier City, Richard H. Switzer, R. Clyde Lawton, Jr., Shreveport, Jesse N. Stone, Jr., for defendants-appellants.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., William P. Schuler, Asst. Atty. Gen., John A. Richardson, Dist. Atty., Albert S. Lutz, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.


SANDERS, Justice.

The charge in this criminal prosecution is aggravated rape, a capital offense.

On the evening of September 11, 1965, a 16-year-old high school girl was on a date with her boy friend. After having soft drinks at a drive-in, they parked on a gravel road near West 70th Street, one of the main traffic arteries in Shreveport. While they were seated in the car, they heard a crash at the left rear window of the car and saw four young negroes. The...

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