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STATE v. STOKES

No. 83 KA 0456.

441 So.2d 1308 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. Melvin C. STOKES

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 22, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zach Butterworth, St. Francisville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Clayton M. Perkins, Jr., St. Francisville, for defendant-appellant.

Before PONDER, WATKINS and CARTER, JJ.

CARTER, Judge.

Defendant, Melvin Charles Stokes, Jr., was charged by a grand jury indictment with aggravated rape in violation of La.R.S. 14:42(2).1 Defendant was tried by a twelve-person jury, which unanimously found him guilty as charged. He was sentenced to life at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. The defendant appeals his conviction and sentence specifying one assignment of error, viz., the...

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