BATON ROUGE — A judge declined to dismiss a first-degree rape charge for a suspect accused of raping Madison Brooks, The Advocate reported Monday.
Desmond Carter, 21, one of three suspects in the rape of Brooks in a vehicle before her death, faces charges of first-degree and third-degree rape. His trial is scheduled for Aug. 17.
Carter’s defense team put forward a motion to quell Carter’s first-degree rape charge because state law is unconstitutionally vague, the newspaper reported. Judge Gail Horne Ray dismissed the motion, but agreed that the first-degree rape law is poorly written…