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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA No. 00-KA-2277 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ELZIE BALL On Appeal from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson, Honorable Alan J. Green, Judge

TRAYLOR, J.* On July 11, 1996, a Jefferson Parish grand jury indicted defendant, Elzie Ball, for the May 15, 1996 first degree murder of Bernard "Ben" Scorsone. On May 23, 1997, the jury returned the unanimous verdict of guilty as charged. At the conclusion of the penalty phase, the jury unanimously returned the sentence of death, after finding two aggravating circumstances: 1) that the offender was engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of an armed robbery; and 2) that the offender had been previously convicted of an unrelated armed robbery. On direct appeal to this Court under La. Const. Art. 5,

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