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STATE EX REL. GRAFFAGNINO v. KING

Nos. 82-KH-0556, 83-KA-0016.

436 So.2d 559 (1983)

STATE ex rel. Danny H. GRAFFAGNINO v. John T. KING, Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Corrections, J.D. Middlebrooks, Warden. STATE of Louisiana v. Danny H. GRAFFAGNINO.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied September 1, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Morgan J. Goudeau, III, Dist. Atty., Donald J. Richard, Robert Brinkman, Asst. Dist. Attys., for respondent in No. 82-KH-0556 and plaintiff-appellee in No. 83-KA-0016.

Paul Henry Kidd, Monroe, for relator in No. 82-KH-0556 and defendant-appellant in No. 83-KA-0016.

BLANCHE, Justice.

Defendant Danny Graffagnino was convicted in a non-jury trial of forcible rape, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:42.1. Following a presentence investigation, he was sentenced to eight years at hard labor, with two years to be served without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. No appeal was taken. Subsequently, in an application for post-conviction relief, the defendant urged that he was denied effective assistance of counsel in that...

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