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STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 49745.

229 So.2d 706 (1969)

255 La. 79

STATE of Louisiana v. August WILLIAMS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl J. Amedee, New Orleans, for appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., William P. Schuler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Garrison, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

SANDERS, Justice.

This is a criminal prosecution. Shortly before midnight on January 11, 1968, an assailant armed with a knife entered the bedroom of a young New Orleans mother and raped her. The police arrested August Williams for the crime. The Orleans Parish Grand Jury indicted him for aggravated rape, a capital offense. After trial, the jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the trial judge imposed the death sentence...

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