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STATE v. WASHINGTON

No. 51379.

261 So.2d 224 (1972)

261 La. 808

STATE of Louisiana v. Jessie James WASHINGTON and Louis Hall.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 1, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Woodward, Clinton, Robert A. Connell, Jackson, for defendants-appellants.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., Harry H. Howard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richard Kilbourne, Dist. Atty., Fred C. Jackson, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

SUMMERS, Justice.

Jessie James Washington, Louis Hall and Leroy Sterling were jointly indicted by the Grand Jury of West Feliciana Parish for the September 7, 1968 aggravated kidnapping of Taylor J. Labry. At the same time they were indicted for Labry's murder and for burning his automobile (simple arson).

In separate trials, Washington and Hall were convicted of murder and sentenced to death. The convictions were affirmed by this Court. See State v. Washington...

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