State v. Douglas

Defendants, Clarence Douglas and Robert D. Jackson, were convicted of aggravated rape and the death sentences imposed were affirmed by this Court. 256 La. 572, 237 So.2d 382 (1970).

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 penalties imposed and remanded this case to this Court for further proceedings. 408 U.S. 937, 92 S.Ct. 2864, 33 L.Ed.2d 756 (1972).

We construe the…