Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Dannie MAC HEARD
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1977-03-09
Citations: 343 So. 2d 730
Docket Number: No. 58763
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Dannie MAC HEARD.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 343
Pages: 730–730

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Dannie MAC HEARD.
No. 58763.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
March 9, 1977.
A. Deutsche O’Neal, Jr., O’Neal & Ryan, Prentiss B. Cox, Houma, for defendant-appellant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Norval J. Rhodes, Dist. Atty., Alexander L. Doyle, 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 defendant to imprisonment at hard labor for a period of twenty 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).