Legal Opinion
State v. Castillo
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 18, 1995No. 95-KA-325PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
|,WICKER, Judge.
Ruben Castillo appeals his conviction of forcible rape, a violation of La.R.S. 14:42.1. Reviewing the case as a so-called Anders appeal (see discussion, infra), we affirm the conviction.
FACTS
The victim, a 24-year-old woman, testified she was in her Metairie apartment watching television at about 5:00 a.m. on May 27,1988. Ruben Castillo, a man whom she knew as an acquaintance, opened the apartment’s unlocked door without knocking and walked in. Castillo had dropped in three or four times previously, uninvited, to visit the victim in her apartment. This time the victim chided…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- State v. LynchSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
- State v. BenjaminLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
- Larry Lofton v. John P. Whitley, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- State v. RichardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1988
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