STATE v. RIDEAU

No. 2004-KK-3223.

892 So.2d 568 (2005)

STATE of Louisiana v. Wilbert RIDEAU.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 4, 2005.


PER CURIAM.

WRIT GRANTED IN PART; DENIED IN PART.

The court of appeal was correct when it stated:

Defendant is not entitled to having the possible verdicts limited to "guilty of manslaughter" and "not guilty." Furman [v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346 (1972)] did not invalidate the crime of murder under La.R.S. 14:30; instead, it held unconstitutional the manner in which...

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