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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA No. 95-KA-0638 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LARRY ROY Appeal from the Ninth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides, Honorable Alfred A. Mansour, Judge JOHNSON, Justice* On July 19, 1994, after three days of voir dire and a fiveday trial, a Rapides Parish jury found defendant guilty of two counts of first degree murder in violation of La. R.S. 14:30. Two days later, the jury unanimously recommended that a sentence of death be imposed on defendant. The trial judge sentenced

defendant to death in accordance with the jury's recommendation. On direct appeal to this court, defendant relies on thirty seven assignments of error for reversal of his conviction and sentence, five of which have been briefed.1 Finding no error,

we affirm defendant's conviction and sentence.

FACTS Sally and Freddie Richard, Jr. were married and had two sons, David and Frederick. The Richards divorced and Mrs.

Richard began a relationship with the defendant, Larry Roy.

Because of the vacancy created by the resignation of Dennis, J., now a judge with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, there was no justice designated "not on panel" under Rule IV, Part II,

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