STATE v. WESTERN

No. 60586.

355 So.2d 1314 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana v. Revert WESTERN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 8, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde D. Merritt, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise S. Korns, Sheila C. Myers, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellee.


SANDERS, Chief Justice.

A grand jury indicted the defendant, Revert Western, for murder and aggravated rape, violations of LSA-R.S. 14:30 and 14:42. A jury found him guilty as charged. The court sentenced him to two consecutive life sentences.

The defendant appeals. He relies on twenty-one assignments of error for reversal of his convictions and sentences.

We adduce the following context facts:

The defendant and his accomplice gained access...

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