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STATE v. LANGLEY

No. 06-KK-1041.

958 So.2d 1160 (2007)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ricky Joseph LANGLEY.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 22, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clive A. Stafford Smith, Phyllis E Mann, Alexandria, Christine M. Lehmann, for Applicant.

Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, John F. DeRosier, District Attorney, Carla S. Sigler, Cynthia S. Killingsworth, Sharon D. Wilson, Frederick W. Frey, Assistant District Attorneys, for Respondent.

Ellis Paul Adams, Jr., for Louisiana District Attorneys Association, Amicus Curiae.

Robert Stephen Glass and G. Benjamin Cohen, for Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae.

John Howard Holdridge and Katherine Schwartzmann, for American Civil Liberties Union, Amicus Curiae.

JOHNSON, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this capital murder case to determine whether the defendant, Ricky Joseph Langley, who was charged with first-degree murder, but was found guilty of the lesser-included offense of second degree murder, may be retried for first degree murder following reversal of his conviction.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Langley was indicted by a grand jury for first degree murder, in violation of LSA-14:30. He was convicted...

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