Opinion ID: 1693896
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 9

Heading: assignments of error number twenty-five, twenty-six and twenty-seven

Text: It is contended that the California crime of which Langendorfer was convicted is analogous to the Louisiana misdemeanor of simple assault and that the evidence was insufficient to prove that the crime ... if committed in this state would be a felony, LSA-R.S. 15:529.1. The California records show that Langendorfer was imprisoned on May 10, 1973, and paroled on August 13, 1976. Caddo Parish District Attorney Paul Carmouche testified from California documents in evidence that Langendorfer was convicted in California of a violation of Section 220 of the California Penal Code, assault to commit rape, which is defined as follows: Every person who assaults another with intent to commit rape, infamous crime against nature, mahem, (sic) robbery or grand larceny is punishable by imprisonment in the State prison for not less that (sic) one year and not more than twenty years. (Tr., Vol. 4, p. 20) District Attorney Carmouche also testified that a felony in California is a crime punishable by imprisonment in the state prison and that in Louisiana a felony is a crime punishable at hard labor which means, in effect, imprisonment in the state penitentiary. The California crime to which Langendorfer pled guilty in 1973 was the equivalent of attempted forcible rape in Louisiana. The crime would have been a felony if committed in Louisiana. There is no merit to these assignments of error.