Legal Opinion
State v. Brooks
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 2, 2011No. 45,778-KAPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLolley, J.
|2This criminal appeal arises from the First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo, State of Louisiana. The defendant, Broderick Jerome Brooks, Jr., was convicted by a jury of second degree murder, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1. He was subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor without the benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence, which conviction and sentence Brooks appeals. For the following reasons, we affirm the defendant’s conviction and sentence.
Facts
Broderick Brooks was a young man with a promising future in collegiate sports. However, as the facts of…
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