STATE v. CASE

No. 60413.

357 So.2d 498 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana v. Thomas E. CASE.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 10, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Bert Garraway, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Leonard E. Yokum, Dist. Atty., Joseph H. Simpson, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


SANDERS, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Case, was charged with committing a lewd and lascivious act upon a girl under the age of seventeen "during 1972, 1973, and 1974," in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:81. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the trial judge sentenced him to imprisonment in the Parish Jail for two years and to pay a fine of $1,000. On appeal, he relies upon five assignments of error.

The background facts may be briefly stated. The defendant...

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