State v. Gilliam

KLEES, Judge.

The defendant, Herman Gilliam, was found guilty of attempted aggravated rape and first degree robbery following a trial by jury. He was sentenced to forty years at hard labor for each crime. The sentences were to run concurrently and without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence.

In the early morning hours of December 31, 1985, the victim, a twenty-one year old female, was attacked as she walked home. She was punched in the face and dragged into an alley. In the process an exposed water pipe was ruptured. The defendant repeatedly punched the victim in the face and…