DIXON, Chief Justice.
The issue raised in this case is whether the State of Louisiana may reinstate the sentencing hearing of the defendant's trial and thereby subject him to capital punishment as a result of his conviction of first degree murder. The trial court granted the state's motion to reimpanel the jury; the defendant has appealed to this court. We reverse the decision of the trial court, finding that the execution of the defendant is prohibited by the Eighth...
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