STATE v. MAHOGANY

No. 96-KA-1137.

694 So.2d 505 (1997)

STATE of Louisiana v. Richard MAHOGANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

April 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Newman, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for Richard Mahogany/Appellant.

Harry F. Connick, District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Theresa A. Tamburo, Assistant District Attorney of Orleans Parish, New Orleans, for State of Louisiana/Appellee.

Before BARRY, LANDRIEU and MURRAY, JJ.


BARRY, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of aggravated rape, La. R.S. 14:42, and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. The defendant appeals and assigns several errors. We find merit in the first argument and pretermit discussion of the other assignments.

The defendant argues that he did not validly waive his right to counsel. U.S. Const. Amend. VI, as well as La. Const. art. I, §...

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