Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Joseph GLEASON
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1977-05-25
Citations: 346 So. 2d 206
Docket Number: No. 59252
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Joseph GLEASON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 346
Pages: 206–206

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Joseph GLEASON.
No. 59252.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 25, 1977.
Robert Zibilich, 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., William L. Brockman, 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 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).