Case Name: Troy Lancaster DUGAR v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1993-04-02
Citations: 615 So. 2d 1333
Docket Number: No. 87-KA-1920
Parties: Troy Lancaster DUGAR v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 615
Pages: 1333–1334

Head Matter:
Troy Lancaster DUGAR v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 87-KA-1920.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 2, 1993.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Defendant's sentence of death is reduced to a term of life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. The defendant was 15 years old at the time he committed this crime and the state may not constitutionally enforce his sentence of death. Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815, 108 S.Ct. 2687, 101 L.Ed.2d 702 (1988); State v. Stone, 535 So.2d 362 (La.1988). The defendant's present appeal in this Court is accordingly transferred to the Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, for consideration.
SENTENCE OF DEATH REDUCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT AT HARD LABOR WITHOUT BENEFIT OF PROBATION, PAROLE OR SUSPENSION OF SENTENCE: APPEAL TRANSFERRED TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT.