STATE v. CHARLES

No. 82-KA-2215.

450 So.2d 1287 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana v. Wilson CHARLES.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Nathan Stansbury, Dist. Atty., Mike Harson, Carrol L. Spell, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Bertrand DeBlanc, Lafayette, for defendant-appellant.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

Defendant Wilson Charles was charged by indictment on March 27, 1980 with the March 8, 1980 attempted forcible rape of his four year old niece. After trial by jury, he was found guilty as charged and sentenced to twenty years at hard labor, without benefit of probation or parole for one year.

On the evening of March 8, 1980, the victim and her eight brothers and sisters, aged three to thirteen, were home alone while their parents were...

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