STATE v. BENNETT

No. 89-KA-2096.

591 So.2d 783 (1991)

STATE of Louisiana v. Billy Ray BENNETT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Craig Colwart, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant/appellant.

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty. and Patricia Blanco, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for appellee.

Before CIACCIO, LOBRANO and WARD, JJ.


CIACCIO, Judge.

The defendant, Billy Ray Bennett, was charged by bill of information with forcible rape, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:42.1. After the defendant was found guilty as charged, the State filed a multiple bill of information against him alleging that he had three prior felony convictions. The defendant was subsequently found to be a fourth offender and was sentenced to forty years at hard labor. He now appeals.

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