
    STATE ex rel. Melvin RAYFORD v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 2000-KH-2830.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Aug. 24, 2001.
   In re Rayford, Melvin — Plaintiff; Applying for Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. B, No. 349-817; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2000-K-1627.

Writ denied.

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ application, being of the opinion that this life sentence is constitutionally excessive and grossly out of proportion to the severity of the crime.  