Denied.
LEMMON, J., concurs.
The death penalty could not have been validly imposed at the time of trial for aggravated kidnapping, because of Eberheart v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 917, 97 S.Ct. 2994, 53 L.Ed.2d 1104 (1977). Therefore, it was statutory error to utilize capital sentencing procedures for relator's trial, but statutory grounds generally are not grounds for postconviction relief. La.C. Cr...
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