State v. Williams

Defendant, Earl Williams, Jr., was convicted of rape and the death sentence imposed was affirmed by this Court. 252 La. 1023, 215 So.2d 799 (1968).

Citing Stewart v. Massachusetts, 408 U. S. 845, 92 S.Ct. 2845, 33 L.Ed.2d 744 (1972), following Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346 (1972), the United States Supreme Court vacated the judgment herein insofar as it left undisturbed the death penalty imposed and remanded this case to this Court for further proceedings, 408 U.S. 934, 92 S.Ct. 2851, 33 L.Ed.2d 747 (1972).

We construe the Mandate of the United States Supreme…