FOR IMMEDIATE
NEWS RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE
# 107
FROM : CLERK
OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
The Opinions
handed down on the 15th day of December,
1999 , are as follows:
BY
CALOGERO, C.J.:
98-KA-
2460 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RICHARD D. HOBLEY
(Parish of Natchitoches) (First Degree Murder)
For the reasons
assigned herein, defendant's conviction is affirmed.
However, defendant's sentence to death is reversed,
and the case is remanded for a new trial of the penalty
phase.
CONVICTION
AFFIRMED; DEATH SENTENCE REVERSED; REMANDED TO DISTRICT
COURT
VICTORY, J.,
not on panel. Rule IV, Part 2, Section 3.
LEMMON,
J., dissents in part and assigns reasons.
TRAYLOR, J.,
dissents for reasons assigned by Justice Knoll.
KNOLL,
J., concurs in part, dissents in part, and assigns
reasons.
