STATE v. LATHERS

No. 81-KA-2961.

414 So.2d 678 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Alex LATHERS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., Kay Kirkpatrick, Bob Hester, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Jeff Calmes and David Randall Buckley, Public Defender, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.


PHILIP C. CIACCIO, Justice Pro Tem.*

Defendant, Alex Lathers, was indicted for the crime of aggravated rape, R.S. 14:42. He was convicted, by a twelve man jury, of forcible rape and sentenced to forty years at hard labor, R.S. 14:42.1. Defendant appeals his conviction and sentence on the basis of one assignment of error.

On July 10, 1980 at approximately 2:00 A.M., Pamela Edwards was driving a pick-up truck through Scotlandville...

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