COLE, Justice.
Defendant John Sullivan was convicted by a jury of the first degree murder, during the perpetration of an armed robbery at a New Orleans bar, of Joseph King, a bar patron. The jury subsequently recommended imposition of the death penalty, a recommendation with which the trial court agreed. Sullivan now appeals both the conviction and the sentence on a myriad of grounds. For the reasons which follow, we affirm the conviction but vacate the death sentence...
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