State v. Refuge
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
270 So.2d 842 (1972)
264 La. 135
STATE of Louisiana, Appellee,
v.
James REFUGE, Appellant.
No. 51905.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
December 11, 1972.
Walter E. Doane, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Harry H. Howard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Garrison, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.
TATE, Justice.
The defendant Refuge appeals his conviction of murder, La.R.S. 14:30, and sentence to death.
After this appeal was taken, the United States Supreme Court decided Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct.…
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