STATE v. ROSS

No. 92-K-2208.

623 So.2d 643 (1993)

STATE of Louisiana v. Tyskie Tyrone ROSS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 3, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Dunckelman, Anthony P. Champagne, Houma, for applicant.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Hon. Douglas H. Greenburg, Dist. Atty., Mark D. Rhodes, Asst. Dist. Atty., for respondent.


WATSON, Justice.1

In this criminal case, the issue is whether the trial court erred in denying a defense challenge for cause when a prospective juror expressed a fixed belief that first degree murder should always be punished by the death penalty.

Tyskie Tyrone Ross was tried for first degree murder after the death of an armed robbery victim. Ross was convicted and sentenced to life in prison, without benefit of probation, parole...

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