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STATE v. MYLES

No. 63567.

389 So.2d 12 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana v. Elvin MYLES.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

On Rehearing October 6, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lonny A. Myles, Hammond, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Duncan Kemp, III, Dist. Atty., Joseph Simpson, Abbott J. Reeves, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Mary E. Howell, Howell & Kellogg, Robert Altman, Visiting Atty., New Orleans, for amici curiae for Southern Prisoners' Defense Committee, Louisiana Coalition on Jails and Prisons, National Lawyers Guild, New Orleans Chapter, American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana.

DIXON, Justice.

At about 4:45 p.m. on December 27, 1977 Elvin Myles entered Cilton's Department Store in Amite, Louisiana. After browsing for a short time, he grabbed the store clerk, sixty-eight year old Mrs. Lucille Erickson and ordered her to open the safe. When Mrs. Erickson replied that the safe could not be opened until the manager returned at 5:00 p.m., Myles forced her into a dressing room in the rear of the store and shot her twice in the head while she was...

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