STATE v. PENNS

Nos. 99-KP-2916, 99-KP-3282.

758 So.2d 776 (1999)

STATE of Louisiana v. Esther PENNS. State of Louisiana v. Nelson Davis.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 20, 1999.


PER CURIAM.*

In these two consolidated applications, we review district court rulings granting relief to inmates who claim that trial judges instructed jurors improperly on the definition of reasonable doubt. Because the district courts erred, we grant the state's applications, set aside the judgments granting respondents post-conviction relief, and reinstate their convictions and sentences....

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