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STATE v. SPARKS

No. 1988-KA-0017.

68 So.3d 435 (2011)

STATE of Louisiana v. Thomas SPARKS, Jr. a/k/a Abdullah Hakim El-Mumit.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied September 2, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Baima Ingersoll , Capital Appeals Project, New Orleans, LA, Sarah Lynn Ottinger , Robert J. Smith , Abdullah Hakim El-Mumit (Pro Se), for Appellant.

James D. Caldwell , Attorney General, Scott M. Perrilloux , District Attorney, Patricia Dale Parker , Gail Kemp Sheffield , Assistant District Attorneys, William M. Quinn , for Appellee.

KNOLL, Justice.

On February 9, 1984, a Tangipahoa Parish grand jury indicted Thomas Sparks1 ("defendant") for the first-degree murder of Edward Toefield, Jr. On August 18, 1986, a unanimous jury found the defendant guilty as charged. At the penalty phase of the trial, the jury unanimously returned a verdict of death, after finding the following aggravating circumstance: the victim was a peace officer engaged in his lawful duties.

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