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STATE v. VALENTINE

No. 51603.

254 So.2d 450 (1971)

259 La. 1019

STATE of Louisiana v. Robert VALENTINE.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 8, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Hoffman, Salvador M. Cusimano, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant-respondent.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., Harry H. Howard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Garrison, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee-relator.

ON WRITS OF CERTIORARI, PROHIBITION AND MANDAMUS

McCALEB, Chief Justice.

Robert Valentine, at the time of his trial in 1956 on a charge of aggravated rape (a capital offense) appeared in court accompanied by his counsel, withdrew his plea of not guilty, and, with the consent of the State, voluntarily entered a plea of guilty to the charge. The judge then imposed a sentence of life imprisonment in the Louisiana...

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