WICKER, Judge.
Ruben Castillo appeals his conviction of forcible rape, a violation of La.R.S. 14:42.1. Reviewing the case as a so-called Anders appeal (see discussion, infra), we affirm the conviction.
FACTS
The victim, a 24-year-old woman, testified she was in her Metairie apartment watching television at about 5:00 a.m. on May 27, 1988. Ruben Castillo, a man whom she knew as an acquaintance, opened the apartment's unlocked door without...
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