STATE v. MORRIS

No. 54151.

292 So.2d 215 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana v. Bennie C. MORRIS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 25, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daryl Gold, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John A. Richardson, Dist. Atty., Albert S. Lutz, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.


CALOGERO, Justice.

The defendant, Bennie C. Morris, was charged by grand jury indictment with violation of La.R.S. 14:42, aggravated rape. The defendant was tried and found guilty by a twelve man jury of attempted aggravated rape. Defendant filed a Motion for a New Trial which was denied on August 17, 1973. The defendant was sentenced to be confined at hard labor for a period of seven and one-half years in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Corrections.

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