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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA No. 97-KA-1797

STATE OF LOUISIANA Versus CEDRIC D. EDWARDS

On Appeal from the First Judicial District Court, For the Parish of Caddo, Honorable Scott J. Crichton, Judge

KNOLL, Justice* Cedric Edwards was indicted for the first degree murder of Victoria Catanese Kennedy in violation of La.R.S. 14:30. After a trial by jury, defendant was found guilty as charged. The defendant moved for a new trial and for judgment of acquittal, which were denied. A sentence hearing was conducted before the same jury. Jurors voted unanimously to impose the death penalty, having found the following statutory aggravating circumstances: that the killing occurred during the commission or

attempted commission of an armed robbery and/or aggravated burglary; and that the offender knowingly created a risk of death or great bodily harm to more than one person. La.C.Cr.P.art. 905.4(A)(1), (4). In accordance with the determination of the jury, the trial judge sentenced defendant to death. On appeal, defendant raises thirteen assignments of error for reversal of his conviction and sentence. Finding no reversible error, we affirm the defendant's conviction and sentence.

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Traylor, J., not on panel. Rule IV, Part 2,

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