State of Louisiana v. Lamondre Tucker

CLARK, Justice. *

| TThis is a direct appeal under La. Const, art. V, § 5(D) by the defendant Lamondre-Tucker. 1 In November 2008, a Caddo Parish grand jury indicted the defendant for the first degree murder of Tavia Sills, in violation of La. R.S. 14:30.' After a trial, the jury found the defendant guilty as charged. At the conclusion of the penalty phase of the trial, the jury unanimously returned a verdict of death, finding the, aggravating circumstances that: (1) the defendant was engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of second degree kidnaping; and (2) the defendant,…