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STATE v. FLETCHER

No. 57988.

341 So.2d 340 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Oliver FLETCHER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 13, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Alan Lasseigne, Thibodaux, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Francis Dugas, Dist. Atty., Walter K. Naquin, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

TATE, Justice.

The defendant Fletcher was convicted of aggravated rape, La.R.S. 14:42, and sentenced to death. His appeal raises 23 assignments of error.

In addition to attacking the unconstitutionality of the death penalty and of the statute under which it was imposed, the chief defenses to the merit urged in the trial court (and reiterated here) involve: the alleged insanity of the defendant at the time of the...

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