Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Arthur JONES
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1978-10-18
Citations: 363 So. 2d 714
Docket Number: No. 61306
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Arthur JONES.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 363
Pages: 714–714

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Arthur JONES.
No. 61306.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Oct. 18, 1978.
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.
Orleans Indigent Defender Program, Thomas W. Mull, Laurence D. Rudman, Robert J. Zibilich, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

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 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). See also Coker v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 584, 97 S.Ct. 2861, 53 L.Ed.2d 982 (1977).