STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 64987.

392 So.2d 619 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. James C. WILLIAMS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

On Rehearing September 12, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie B. Brown, Dist. Atty., Tim M. Screen, Kay Kirkpatrick, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

L. Wayne Paxton, Nathan Wilson, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Richard E. Shapiro, New Orleans, amicus curiae, for Southern Prisoners Reform Committee.


BLANCHE, Justice.

The defendant, James C. Williams, was convicted of first degree murder in violation of R.S. 14:30 and sentenced to death. On appeal, he urges eight assignments of error.

On August 3, 1977, at approximately 12:45 a. m., a man armed with a pistol approached the manager, Elmo Plains, of the Stadium Exxon station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and demanded the cash that he had in his hand. Mr. Plain refused and started to walk away when the robber...

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