STATE v. BENNETT

No. 58536.

345 So.2d 1129 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana v. James BENNETT.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

On Rehearing May 16, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Scott Ramsey, Jr., McElroy & Ramsey, Houma, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Knowles M. Tucker, Dist. Atty., Ed Leonard, Walter J. Senette, Jr., Bernard E. Boudreaux, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Mark A. Mareau, Louisiana Coalition on Jails and Prisons, R. James Kellogg, American Civil Liberties Union of La., Inc., New Orleans, amicus curiae.


SANDERS, Chief Justice.

A St. Mary Parish Grand Jury indicted the defendant, James Bennett, for attempted aggravated rape, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:42 and 14:27. The defendant pled not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. A unanimous jury found him guilty as charged. The defendant received a sentence of twenty years at hard labor.

The defendant appeals, relying on four assignments of error for reversal of his conviction and sentence. Defense counsel...

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