STATE v. BROOKS

No. 86-KA-1559.

505 So.2d 714 (1987)

STATE of Louisiana v. George E. BROOKS, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Duncan S. Kemp, III, Dist. Atty., William Quinn, Gail Sheffield, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Thomas E. Foley, Gary M. Peltier, Hammond, for defendant-appellant.


CALOGERO, Justice.

George Brooks, a 37 year old man, was indicted by the Livingston Parish grand jury for the first degree murder of Joseph Cook Owen, an eleven year old boy. The jury found Brooks guilty as charged and recommended the death sentence.1 In so recommending, the jury found the existence of two aggravating circumstances: the offender was engaged in the perpetration of an aggravated rape and an aggravated kidnapping; and the...

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