State v. Hicks

ROGERS, Justice.

Devi Hicks was found guilty of rape and in conformity with the unqualified' verdict of the jury was sentenced to death.' He has appealed from the verdict and sentence.

Appellant complains of the admission over his objection of evidence to prove the burglary of the home of the nearest neighbor of the prosecuting witness, and to determine the relevancy of the alleged objectionable evidence it is necessary to know the pertinent facts.

The prosecuting witness lives in a remote section of the parish of East Baton Rouge on the bank of the Amite river, which separates the parishes of…