STATE v. CASTILLO

No. 95-KA-325.

663 So.2d 784 (1995)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ruben CASTILLO.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

October 18, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce G. Whittaker, Indigent Defender Board, Gretna, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

John M. Mamoulides, District Attorney, Terry M. Boudreaux, Assistant District Attorney, Gretna, for Defendant/Appellee.

Before BOWES, GRISBAUM and WICKER, JJ.


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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