State v. Chester

11 Writ denied. In 1996, Chester and co-defendant Elbert Ratcliff were charged by grand jury indictment, each with first degree murder, arising from the shooting death of taxi driver John Adams. A Jefferson Parish jury found Chester guilty as charged and unanimously agreed to impose a sentence of death based on the aggravating circumstance that he committed the murder during an armed robbery or attempted armed robbery.1 This Court affirmed the conviction and sentence, State v. Chester, 97-2790 (La. 12/1/98), 724 So.2d 1276, after which the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari.…