STATE v. SMITH

No. 51008.

250 So.2d 724 (1971)

259 La. 515

STATE of Louisiana v. Lawrence Joseph SMITH.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied August 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Airhart & Copenhaver, Teddy W. Airhart, Jr., Harris D. Copenhaver, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., Harry H. Howard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Sargent Pitcher, Jr., Dist. Atty., Walter L. Smith, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


BARHAM, Justice.

The defendant was indicted for aggravated rape, tried, convicted of attempted aggravated rape, and sentenced to 15 years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary. He relies on 39 perfected bills of exception in this appeal. Many of the bills of exception have been grouped or consolidated in both brief and argument because they present common issues.

On the evening of December 16, 1967, while the complaining...

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