Legal Opinion
State v. Hills
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 28, 1971No. 50909PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMERS, Justice.
Appellant Frank Hills was indicted for aggravated rape. He was tried, found guilty without capital punishment and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Thirteen bills of exceptions were reserved, all of which are relied upon in this appeal except Bills 10, 11, and 12, these three having been abandoned.
About 3 o’clock on the morning of December 3, 1966 the prosecutrix Janice Wallace and her ten children were asleep in their home at 917 Myrtle Street in the city of Baton Rouge. The prosecutrix’s husband was away at work in Lafayette. Shortly thereafter she was awakened by a movement…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- State v. SquareSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
- Commonwealth v. PadgettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- State v. CrookSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969
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3Cited by20 opinions
- State v. PrieurSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- State v. MooreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- Frank Hills v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- State v. SearleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
- State v. CrawfordLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
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