STATE v. JACOBS

No. 99-KA-1659.

789 So.2d 1280 (2001)

STATE of Louisiana v. Lawrence J. JACOBS, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 29, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Benjamin Cohen, Clive Adrian Stafford-Smith, New Orleans, Counsel for Applicant.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Paul D Connick, Jr., District Attorney, Terry M. Boudreaux, Gretna, Donald A. Rowan, Jr., Caren M Morgan, New Orleans, Counsel for Respondent.

Gabriella Celeste, Counsel for Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana (Amicus Curiae).

Ilona Picou, Counsel for Southern Juvenile Defender Center (Amicus Curiae).

Mark Soler, Counsel for Youth Law Center (Amicus Curiae).


KIMBALL, Judge.*

This is a direct appeal from a conviction of first degree murder and a sentence of death. La. Const. art. V, § 5(D). The defendant's appeal is based on a total of twenty-seven assignments of error. Because the trial judge committed reversible error by denying the defense challenges for cause against potential jurors Dunham and Dyer, we now reverse the defendant's conviction and sentence of death and remand for a new...

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