SANDERS, Justice.
This is a murder prosecution. The East Baton Rouge Parish Grand Jury indicted Billy Wayne Sinclair for the murder of J. C. Bodden during the robbery of a grocery store on November 5, 1965. The trial judge overruled several preliminary motions filed by the defendant. After hearing the evidence, the jury found the defendant guilty as charged. The trial judge later imposed the mandatory death penalty.
The defendant has appealed, relying upon...
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