STATE v. ROBINSON

No. 66111.

387 So.2d 1143 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Claude ROBINSON, Darryl W. Hampton & George Washington Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied October 6, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Quarles, Gretna, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Abbott J. Reeves, Clarence E. McManus, Shirley Wimberly, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiffs-appellees.


LEMMON, Justice.

The key issue in this appeal is whether the court reporter's inability to provide defendant with a transcript on appeal of the trial testimony of two expert witnesses (a state witness and a defense witness) requires that the matter be retried.

After a jury trial lasting several days defendants were convicted of attempted aggravated rape of a fellow inmate in the Jefferson Parish prison. The victim's testimony describing the incident was corroborated...

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