STATE v. JACOBS

No. 99-KA-0991.

803 So.2d 933 (2001)

STATE of Louisiana v. Cedric JACOBS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Opinion Denying Rehearing July 16, 2001.

Dissenting Opinion on Denial of Rehearing July 16, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward R. Greenlee, C. Kevin Hayes, Michael A. Mitchell, Baton Rouge, Marcia A. Widder, Clive Adrian Stafford Smith, New Orleans, Counsel for Applicant.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Monisa L. Thompson, Jesse H. Bankston, Jr., Douglas P. Moreau, District Attorney, Dale R. Lee, John A. Cannon, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Respondent.


LEMMON, Justice.

This is a direct appeal under La. Const. art. V, § 5(D), from a conviction of first degree murder and a sentence of death. The principal issues involve (1) the denial of defendant's objections during voir dire based on the prosecutor's exercise of peremptory challenges that allegedly were racially motivated; (2) prosecutorial misconduct which prevented defendant from presenting exculpatory and impeachment evidence to the jury; and (3) the admission...

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