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STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 84-KA-0322.

480 So.2d 721 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana v. Thomas WILLIAMS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 14, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., William R. Campbell, Jr., Leon Cannizzaro, James Letten, Joanne C. Marier, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Dwight Doskey, Pamela Moran, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

LEMMON, Justice.

In this appeal from a conviction of first degree murder and a sentence of death, the principal issue is whether the evidence was sufficient to prove both that (1) defendant acted with a "specific intent to kill ... more than one person" (one of the aggravating elements in La.R.S. 14:30's definition of first degree murder which must be proved in the guilt phase) and that (2) defendant "knowingly created a risk of death... to more than one person...

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