STATE v. MONROE

No. 80-KA-2137.

397 So.2d 1258 (1981)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ronald MONROE.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Lance Africk, Louise Korns, and John H. Craft, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

John Lawrence, and Dwight Doskey, of Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

Ronald Monroe was convicted of first degree murder, R.S. 14:30, and sentenced to death in conformity with Louisiana's capital sentencing procedure. C.Cr.P. 905 et seq. There is no merit to any of the thirty-seven assignments of error. Additionally, after reviewing the sentence imposed, we find that in this case the death penalty is not an excessive sentence. The conviction and sentence are affirmed.

The murder victim was Lenora Collins...

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