Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Edward WILLIAMS
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1977-05-25
Citations: 346 So. 2d 204
Docket Number: No. 59220
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Edward WILLIAMS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 346
Pages: 204–204

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Edward WILLIAMS.
No. 59220.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 25, 1977.
John M. Lawrence, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Con-nick, Dist. Atty., Brian G. Meissner, 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).