STATE v. SANDERS

No. 60607.

357 So.2d 1089 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana v. Sylvester SANDERS, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied May 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen Howard Coon, Monroe, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Carl Parkerson, Dist. Atty., John R. Harrison, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


SUMMERS, Justice.

The Ouachita Parish Grand Jury returned a true bill against appellant Sylvester Sanders, Jr., charging him with the aggravated rape of a nine-year-old girl. La.R.S. 14:42. His trial on May 23-24, 1977 resulted in a verdict of guilty. Upon recommendation of the jury appellant was sentenced to imprisonment for life without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. Three assignments of error are relied upon for reversal of the conviction...

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