Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Hillery PRESTON
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1977-09-19
Citations: 349 So. 2d 1252
Docket Number: No. 59743
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Hillery PRESTON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 349
Pages: 1252–1252

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Hillery PRESTON.
No. 59743.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Sept. 19, 1977.
Arthur A. Lemann, III, Supervising Atty., New Orleans, Kim A. Gandy, Student Practitioner, Loyola Law School Clinic, for defendant-appellant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Con-nick, Dist. Atty., Louise S. Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Defendant's conviction is affirmed, but the death penalty imposed is annulled and set aside, and the case is remanded to the district court with instructions to sentence the defendant to imprisonment at hard labor for a period of twenty (20) years. Selman v. Louisiana, 428 U.S. 906, 96 S.Ct. 3214, 49 L.Ed.2d 1212 (1976); Roberts v. Louisiana, 428 U.S. 325, 96 S.Ct. 3001, 49 L.Ed.2d 974 (1976); State v. Sledge, 340 So.2d 205 (La.1976); State v. Lee, 340 So.2d 180 (La.1976).