State v. Miller

HAMLIN, Justice.

Defendant, who was indicted for the crime of aggravated rape (LSA-R.S. 14:-42), appeals from his conviction of the crime of simple rape (LSA-R.S. 14:43) and sentence to serve twenty years at hard labor in the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Presented for our consideration are three Bills of Exceptions reserved during the course of trial.

Bill of Exceptions No. 1 was reserved to the trial judge’s overruling of defendant’s objection to the introduction in evidence and subsequent showing on a “movie” screen of certain colored slides showing bruises on the prosecuting witness’ body…