State v. Anderson

TATE, Justice.

The principal issue before us concerns the effect of a mandate of the Supreme Court of the United States. That court reversed a prior decision of this court. 403 U.S. 949, 91 S.Ct. 2288, 29 L.Ed.2d 861 (1971). We had affirmed the conviction of the present defendants (Anderson, Robinson, and Washington) for aggravated rape. 254 La. 1107, 229 So.2d 329 (1969).

A principal issue of the prior hearing before us was whether the co-defendants had been denied their constitutional right to confrontation and cross-examination of the witnesses against them. United States Constitution,…