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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA No. 94-KA-0756 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES E. DIVERS

Appeal from the Fourth Judicial District Court, Parish of Ouachita, Honorable Michael S. Ingram, Judge

Johnson, Justice*
On July 6, 1988, a grand jury in Ouachita Parish indicted James E. Divers for two counts of first degree murder, in violation of R.S. 14:30. On July 26, 1991, following a jury

trail, the defendant was found guilty as charged on both counts. The jury then recommended the death penalty, having found two statutory aggravating circumstances, namely: (1) the offender was engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of armed robbery, and first degree robbery; and (2) the offender knowingly created a risk of death or great bodily harm to more than one person. La.C.Cr.P. art. 905.4.

On direct appeal to this court under La. Const. Art. 5,

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