STATE v. DORSEY

No. 2010-KA-0216.

74 So.3d 603 (2011)

STATE of Louisiana v. Felton Dejuan DORSEY.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied October 21, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Capital Appeals Project, Sarah Lynn Ottinger , Cecelia Trenticosta , Blythe Taplin , G. Benjamin Cohen , for Appellant.

James D. Caldwell , Attorney General, Charles Rex Scott , District Attorney, Suzanne Lynn Morelock Owen , Jonathan Dhu Thompson , Brady Dennis O'Callaghan , Assistant District Attorneys, for Appellee.

Anna Arceneaux , Counsel for American Civil Liberties Union (Amicus Curiae).


KIMBALL, C.J.

On May 17, 2006, Felton Dejuan Dorsey and Randy Wilson were indicted by a Caddo Parish grand jury for the first degree murder of Joe Prock and attempted first degree murder of Bobbie Prock. The state subsequently dismissed the latter charge against both by amendment. On May 18, 2006, the state gave notice of its intention to seek the death penalty at Dorsey's (hereinafter "defendant") trial, alleging five aggravating factors. On May 4, 2009, the state...

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