STATE v. SPEED

No. 57523.

335 So.2d 28 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ray Anthony SPEED.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion July 28, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome T. Powell, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., William C. Pegues, III, Dist. Atty., William E. Tilley, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


TATE, Justice.

On September 18, 1974 the grand jury of Vernon Parish charged Ray Anthony Speed with aggravated rape on May 18, 1974. La.R.S. 14:42. In a trial by jury, he was found guilty as charged. On April 14, 1975 he was sentenced by the trial judge "to spend the remainder of his natural life in the Louisiana Department of Corrections, subject to such commutation as law may provide."

The defendant's brief concedes that his defense was based solely on alibi...

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