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STATE v. WILLIS

No. 62345.

364 So.2d 961 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana v. Clarence L. WILLIS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 13, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor L. Roy, III, Roy, Kiesel, Patterson, Hudson & Abadie, Victor A. Sachse, III, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Claude F. Reynaud, Jr., Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

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

CALOGERO, Justice.

On September 25, 1975 the East Baton Rouge Parish Grand Jury indicted Clarence Willis for aggravated rape, a violation of R.S. 14:42. Since the crime with which defendant was charged was committed on September 13, 1975, the law applicable was that enacted by Act 612 of 1975, which provided a penalty of death in the event of conviction. However, Willis' trial did not commence until September 13, 1976 and...

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