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STATE v. LIGHTEN

No. 62487.

367 So.2d 372 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana v. Dennis LIGHTEN, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied March 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Randolph Smith, Smith & Hingle, Jesse S. Heard, Jr., Monroe, for defendant-appellant.

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

SUMMERS, Chief Justice.

A grand jury indictment of April 13,1977 charged that Dennis Lighten committed aggravated rape upon a named female on February 4, 1977. La.Rev.Stat. 14:42 (1975). After trial a jury of twelve returned a verdict of guilty as charged. Lighten was sentenced to life imprisonment on January 6, 1978 without the benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. The defendant urges nine assignments of error on this appeal.

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