STATE v. MURPHY

No. 87-K-2464.

542 So.2d 1373 (1989)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ralph MURPHY.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 1, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Stanley, Stanley & Harrison, for applicant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Bryan Bush, Dist. Atty., Janis Kile, Asst. Dist. Atty., for respondent.


LEMMON, Justice.

We granted certiorari to determine the constitutionality of La.R.S. 15:283 in light of Coy v. Iowa, 487 U.S. ___, 108 S.Ct. 2798, 101 L.Ed.2d 857 (1988).

On the day of the alleged crime, defendant's wife had performed her usual Saturday babysitting services for the four-year old victim, and the parents picked up the child from defendant's home. The child complained to her mother after her evening bath that her "tee-tee" hurt because...

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