State v. Fletcher
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
341 So.2d 340 (1976)
STATE of Louisiana, Appellee,
v.
Oliver FLETCHER, Appellant.
No. 57988.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
December 13, 1976.
C. Alan Lasseigne, Thibodaux, for defendant-appellant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Francis Dugas, Dist. Atty., Walter K. Naquin, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.
TATE, Justice.
The defendant Fletcher was convicted of aggravated rape, La.R.S. 14:42, and sentenced to death. His appeal raises 23 assignments of error.
In addition to attacking the unconstitutionality of the death penalty and of the statute under…
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