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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 98-KA-2460

STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RICHARD D. HOBLEY

On Appeal from the Tenth Judicial District Court, From the Parish of Natchitoches, Honorable John B. Whitaker, Judge

CALOGERO, Chief Justice* On September 20, 1995, a Natchitoches Parish grand jury indicted defendant for first degree murder of Steven Traylor, a violation of La. Rev. Stat. 14:30. On January 30, 1996, the state filed notice of intent to seek the death penalty. On October 30, 1997, after a trial by jury, defendant was found guilty as charged. At the penalty phase of the trial later that day, the jury unanimously returned a verdict of death, finding as aggravating circumstances that defendant was engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of an aggravated kidnapping and an armed robbery. Defendant now appeals his conviction and sentence raising forty-five assignments of error.1

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Victory, J., not on panel. See Rule IV, Part 2,

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