PER CURIAM:
Granted in part; otherwise denied. La. C.Cr.P. art. 905.3 provides that a trial judge "may decline to instruct the jury on any aggravating circumstance not supported by evidence." The article serves the salutary purpose of "prevent[ing] confusion by narrowing the jury's list of aggravating circumstances to those actually urged by the prosecutor and arguably supported by the evidence." State v. Summit,
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