NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana Supreme Court said Friday that state prosecutors will be allowed to argue that a man who was a week shy of his 18th birthday when he killed an LSU student should not be eligible for parole despite his age at the time of the crime.

In a 6-1 ruling, the justices said the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal erred when it said the state couldn't challenge a decision to give Dale Dwayne Craig a life term but allow for parole. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against lower courts imposing excessive punishments on young offenders.

Craig was convicted of killing Kipp Gullett, an LSU freshman who died Sept. 14, 1992. The state says Craig stole Gullett's Ford Bronco, took him to a secluded construction site and shot him three times in the head. A jury imposed a death sentence b

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