TATE, Justice.
The defendant is charged with aggravated kidnapping. La.R.S. 14:44 (1950). The issue before us is whether he is entitled to be released on bail, as the state constitution requires for all non-capital cases. La.Const. of 1974, Art. 1, Section 18.
Aggravated kidnapping is legislatively defined as a capital crime, unless the victim is liberated unharmed. La.R.S. 14:44 (1950). Since (according to the showing) the kidnapping resulted in the rape...
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