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STATE v. WASHINGTON

No. 82-KA-0724.

430 So.2d 641 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. Billy Ray WASHINGTON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied May 13, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul Carmouche, Dist. Atty., Sonia D. Peters, Powell A. Layton, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Donald R. Minor, Jeanette G. Garrett, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

WATSON, Justice.

Defendant, Billy Ray Washington, was convicted by a ten to two jury verdict of the attempted aggravated rape of a six year old girl, Tashenna Ballard, on or about September 3, 1978. LSA-R.S. 14:27; 14:42. Washington was sentenced by the trial court to fifty years at hard labor, the statutory maximum for attempted aggravated rape. He has appealed his conviction and sentence, assigning fifteen errors by the trial court.

Washington was initially...

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