LaBlanc v. People

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was convicted of the crimes of rape, burglary, and assault with a deadly weapon, and was sentenced to a lengthy term in the state penitentiary. From this conviction and sentence the defendant now brings error.

The basis of defendant’s writ of error is predicated upon three separate contentions. First, the defendant urges that since there was no corroboration of the testimony of the prosecuting witness, the trial court should have granted his motion for judgment of acquittal; second, that the refusal of the court to remove…