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STATE v. BRIGHT

No. 98-KA-0398.

776 So.2d 1134 (2000)

STATE of Louisiana v. Dan L. BRIGHT.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 11, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Benjamin Cohen, Marie J. Scavetta, Albany, N.Y., Clive Adrian Stafford-Smith, New Orleans, Counsel for Applicant.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Harry F. Connick, District Attorney, Catherine Lynn Bartholomew, Richard Rowland Pickens, II, New Orleans, Valentin Michael Solino, Counsel for Respondent.

CALOGERO, Chief Justice.*

The defendant, Dan L. Bright, was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death for the killing of Murray Barnes on Super Bowl Sunday in 1995. After enjoying the football game that evening, Barnes arrived at Creola's Bar on Laussat between Press and Montegut Streets in New Orleans to discover that he had won $1,000.00 in the bar's football pool. Genora Bickham, the barmaid, handed him his winnings in...

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