Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Gary Paul VOCLAIN
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1978-05-31
Citations: 359 So. 2d 190
Docket Number: No. 61374
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Gary Paul VOCLAIN.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 359
Pages: 190–190

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Gary Paul VOCLAIN.
No. 61374.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 31, 1978.
Barron M. Whipple, Houma, for defendant-appellant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Norval J. Rhodes, Dist. Atty., James L. Alcock, 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). See also Coker v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 584, 97 S.Ct. 2861, 53 L.Ed. 982 (1977).