STATE v. BERNARD

No. 92-KK-0997.

608 So.2d 966 (1992)

STATE of Louisiana v. Lawrence BERNARD.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 12, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde D. Merritt, Nicholas J. Trenticosta, New Orleans, for applicant.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Gregory G. Hangartner, Michael F. Bollman, Jack Peebles, Asst. Dist. Attys., for respondents.

J. Michael Small, Alexandria, Rebecca L. Hudsmith, Shreveport, for Thomas Silman amicus curiae.

Helen G. Berrigan, New Orleans, for Jefferson Parish Indigent Defender Bd. for amicus curiae.


LEMMON, Justice.

The principal issue in the pretrial phase of this death penalty case is the admissibility of victim impact evidence by the prosecutor in the capital sentencing hearing.1

Defendant was indicted for first degree murder for striking John Davis on the head with a pipe during the perpetration of an armed robbery on the street near Davis' home. According to the prosecutor, Davis died from the blow four days later.

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