STATE v. DOUGLAS

No. 50285.

237 So.2d 382 (1970)

256 La. 572

STATE of Louisiana v. Clarence DOUGLAS and Robert D. Jackson.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris D. Copenhaver, Jr., Joel B. Dickinson, O. Romaine Russell, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellants.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., William P. Schuler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Sargent Pitcher, Jr., Dist. Atty., Frank J. Gremillion, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


McCALEB, Justice.

This is a prosecution for aggravated rape. On the night of July 23, 1967 at approximately 10 p. m., the victim was parked in an automobile with her male companion at the end of Modesta Street in Baton Rouge in the vicinity of Forest Heights Subdivision. A short while after they had parked the car, the victim was attacked by two Negroes, Clarence Douglas and Robert Jackson, who approached the car from opposite sides. Jackson reached through the window...

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