STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 60289.

354 So.2d 1036 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana v. McArthur JOHNSON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank E. Brown, Jr., Piper & Brown, a Professional Law Corporation, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Henry N. Brown, Jr., Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


CALOGERO, Justice.

Defendant was indicted for aggravated rape, R.S. 14:42, and pled not guilty, but on the morning of trial changed his plea to guilty of the reduced charge of attempted aggravated rape. He was sentenced to fifty years at hard labor. Defendant appeals that conviction and sentence on the basis of two assignments of error.

ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR NO. 1

Defendant complains that the trial judge...

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