Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Rodney C. HAMILTON
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1978-03-15
Citations: 356 So. 2d 422
Docket Number: No. 60669
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Rodney C. HAMILTON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 356
Pages: 422–422

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Rodney C. HAMILTON.
No. 60669.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
March 15, 1978.
A. J. Boudreaux, Staff Appeals Counsel, Indigent Defender Board, 24th Judicial District, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John M. Mam-oulides, Dist. Atty., Abbott J. Reeves, Director, Research and Appeals Division, Roy F. Blondeau, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Metairie, 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 life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence for a period of twenty years. Roberts v. Louisiana, 428 U.S. 325, 96 S.Ct. 3001, 49 L.Ed.2d 974 (1976); State v. Jenkins, 340 So.2d 157 (La.1976).