State v. Robinson

DOUCET, Judge.

Defendant, Joseph Avery Robinson, was charged by grand jury indictment with aggravated rape in violation of La.R.S. 14:42. He was tried by a twelve-person jury, found guilty of the charged offense, and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. Defendant now appeals his conviction alleging twelve assignments of error.

At approximately 7:45 A.M. on September 30, 1980, Charlene Billeaud and her son, who was four years old at the time, were alone in their mobile home. Mr. Bil-leaud had already left for work. While…