STATE v. DUPRE

No. 81-KA-0683.

408 So.2d 1229 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. James Michael DUPRE.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 25, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Duncan Kemp, Dist. Atty., Joseph H. Simpson, Abbott J. Reeves, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Eric L. Pittman, Springfield, for defendant-appellant.


LEMMON, Justice.*

This is an appeal from a conviction of attempted aggravated rape and a sentence of 50 years imprisonment. The principal assignments of error involve the denial of a motion for continuance and the denial of a motion for mistrial based on improper closing argument by the prosecutor.1

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