STATE v. ROBERTS

No. KA-8500.

522 So.2d 1237 (1988)

STATE of Louisiana v. Leander G. ROBERTS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 10, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Michael E. McMahon, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for appellee.

James C. Lawrence, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant.

Before GARRISON, LOBRANO, and WILLIAMS, JJ.


WILLIAMS, Judge.

Leander G. Roberts was convicted of forcible rape, R.S. 14:42.1, and aggravated burglary, R.S. 14:60, receiving sentences of twenty years at hard labor and fifteen years at hard labor, respectively. In his assignment of error, defendant contends that the sentences imposed were excessive. We affirm.

On May 25, 1986, as the victim was opening her apartment door, the defendant accosted her. He put his hand over her mouth, forced himself into...

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