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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA NO. 96-KA-1609 STATE OF LOUISIANA V. MANUEL ORTIZ

ON APPEAL FROM THE TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, HONORABLE ERNEST V. RICHARDS, IV, JUDGE MARCUS, Justice* Manuel Ortiz was indicted on two counts of first degree murder for the murders of Tracie Williams Ortiz and Cheryl Mallory, in violation of La. R.S. 14:30. After trial by jury, defendant was A sentencing hearing was

found guilty as charged on each count.

conducted before the same jury that determined the issue of guilt. The jury unanimously recommended that a sentence of death be imposed on defendant on each count. The trial judge sentenced

defendant to death in accordance with the recommendation of the jury. On appeal, defendant relies on thirty-one assignments of error for reversal of his convictions and sentences.1

FACTS At about 7:00 P.M. on the evening of October 23, 1992, neighbors of Tracie Williams Ortiz, the wife of the defendant,

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Calogero, C. J., not on panel, recused.

Rule IV, Part 2,

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