STATE v. YATES

No. 59350.

350 So.2d 1169 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana v. Robert Earl YATES.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Files, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John A. Richardson, Dist. Atty., William L. Goode, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


SUMMERS, Justice.

On June 8, 1976 the grand jury of Caddo Parish indicted Robert Earl Yates for the crime of aggravated rape. La.Rev.Stat. 14:42. The charge was later amended to attempted aggravated rape. A jury of twelve unanimously found Yates guilty as charged, and he was sentenced to serve twenty years at hard labor. On this appeal he assigns thirteen errors for reversal of his conviction and sentence.

Assignment 1

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