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STATE v. KNIGHTON

No. 82-KA-0097.

436 So.2d 1141 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. Earnest KNIGHTON, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied September 16, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Henry N. Brown, Jr., Dist. Atty., Bobby Stromile, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

S. Patrick Phillips, Bossier City, Indigent Defender Bd., Ford Stinson, Jr., Benton, for defendant-appellant.

CALOGERO, Justice.

On April 15, 1981, the grand jury of Bossier Parish returned a true bill, indicting defendant Earnest Knighton, Jr., for first degree murder in violation of La.R.S. 14:30. The twelve member jury unanimously found defendant guilty as charged. The bifurcated trial1 then continued, and the jury unanimously recommended the death penalty. In so recommending the jury found the existence of two aggravating circumstances

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