Legal Opinion
State v. Brumfield
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided October 20, 1998No. 96-KA-2667PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
737 So.2d 660 (1998)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Kevan BRUMFIELD.
No. 96-KA-2667.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
October 20, 1998.
G. Paul Marx, Lafayette, Counsel for Applicant.
Richard P. Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Douglas P. Moreau, Dist. Atty., Premila Burns, Monica L. Thompson, Counsel for Respondent.
LEMMON, Justice.[*]
This is a direct appeal to this court from a conviction of first degree murder and a sentence of death. La. Const. art. V, § 5(D). The principal issues involve (1) the admission in the penalty phase of evidence of unrelated criminal conduct; (2) the prosecutor's reference to defendant's future…
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