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STATE v. EDWARDS

No. 82-KA-0207.

419 So.2d 881 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Gerard C. EDWARDS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 7, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Joseph Meyer, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

John M. Lawrence, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

DIXON, Chief Justice.*

The defendant was convicted of the first degree murders of Gilbert George and his sister-in-law Joy George in their apartment on February 28, 1978. The jury, unable to agree on a death sentence, recommended life imprisonment without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence, and the defendant was sentenced accordingly.

At about 1:00 a. m. on February 28 the defendant went to the George apartment...

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