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STATE v. DAWSON

No. 67807.

392 So.2d 445 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Otis DAWSON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul Carmouche, Dist. Atty., Ronald R. Inderbitzin, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Bobby D. Sutton, Glenn E. Walker, Burnett, Sutton, Walker & Callaway, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

WATSON, Justice.

Defendant, Otis Dawson, age thirty-eight, was indicted for the aggravated rape of a thirteen year old girl. LSA-R.S. 14:42. A jury found him guilty of forcible rape by a ten to two vote. LSA-R.S. 14:42.1. Dawson was sentenced to twenty years at hard labor: a minimum of two without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. He has appealed, assigning eight errors in the trial court.

FACTS

The victim testified that Dawson...

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