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STATE of Louisiana v. Ernest Chatman CHELETTE.
    No. 65048.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    July 3, 1979.
   In re Ernest Chatman Chelette, applying for writs of certiorari, prohibition, mandamus and review. Grant Parish. No. 33451.

Writ granted. The crime charged, La. R.S. 14:42 (1978), is not capital, and the accused is constitutionally entitled to be admitted to bail. La.Const. of 1974, art. 1, section 18. The trial court is ordered to hold a contradictory bail hearing forthwith.