STATE v. HILLS

No. 59828.

354 So.2d 186 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana v. Emmitt HILLS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion January 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent Wilkins, Jr., Appellate Counsel, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., Ralph Roy, Marilyn C. Castle, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.


DENNIS, Justice.

Defendant, Emmitt Hills, was convicted of aggravated rape, La.R.S. 14:42, and sentenced to life imprisonment pursuant to a jury verdict of guilty without capital punishment.

On appeal defendant relies upon nine assignments of error.

On January 13, 1972, at about 10:30 p. m., the victim and her husband were accosted on the front porch of their home by defendant, who was then sixteen years...

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