Legal Opinion

State v. Holmes

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided December 2, 2008No. 2006-KA-2988PublishedCited by 77 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KNOLL, Justice.

|;On February 14, 2003, a Caddo Parish grand jury indicted Brandy Aileen Holmes (“defendant”) for the first-degree murder of Julian L. Brandon, Jr.1 On February 14, 2006, a unanimous jury found the defendant guilty as charged.2 On February 16, 2006, the jury unanimously determined that defendant be sentenced to death, finding all three aggravating circumstances urged by the State, specifically that: (1) the defendant was engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of an armed robbery, first-degree robbery and simple robbery; (2) the defendant know*49ingly created a risk…

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2Cases cited142 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Sullivan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. Atkins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002

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3Cited by77 opinions

  1. State v. DorseySupreme Court of Louisiana · 2011
  2. State v. JacobsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2011
  3. State v. OdenbaughSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2011
  4. State of Louisiana v. Eric Dale MickelsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2014
  5. State of Louisiana v. Robert Glen ColemanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2016

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