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STATE v. PERKINS

No. 65063.

375 So.2d 1179 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana v. William PERKINS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 18, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., David Batt, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff-relator.

Clyde Merritt, Robert Barnard, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Defendant William Perkins was indicted by the Orleans Parish Grand Jury for the first degree murder of David Cage on April 9, 1979. To settle a controversy expected to arise at trial, the state filed a motion in limine requesting the trial court to determine whether the presence of an aggravating circumstance is an essential element of the crime of first degree murder. At a hearing held on June 28, 1979, the trial court answered affirmatively, ruling that...

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