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STATE EX REL. BUSBY v. BUTLER

No. 88-KP-1872.

538 So.2d 164 (1988)

STATE ex rel. Ernest BUSBY v. Hilton BUTLER, Warden.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 12, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Small, Alexandria, James Dorsey, Marian G. Heaney, J. Thomas Vitt, Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, Minn., for applicant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., William E. Tilley, Dist. Atty., Edwin Cabra, Asst. Dist. Atty., for respondent.

COLE, Justice.

On February 15, 1984, Ernest Busby was convicted of first degree murder in violation of La.R.S. 14:30.1 A sentencing hearing was conducted before the same jury that determined the issue of guilt. The jury unanimously recommended a sentence of death be imposed on defendant. The trial judge sentenced defendant to death in accord with the jury recommendation. On direct appeal, this...

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