Legal Opinion
State v. Brooks
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 7, 2014No. 49,033-KAPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDrew, J.
|! Jeremy Jermaine Brooks was indicted for the first degree murder of 15-year-old Terrell Savore. An amended bill later charged him with second degree murder. At the time of the homicide at issue, the defendant was less than four months shy of his 18th birthday. He was convicted as charged by a jury and sentenced to the mandatory term of life imprisonment without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence.
We have dealt with this case before. We previously affirmed the defendant’s conviction but vacated his sentence, remanding for resentencing in light of the Supreme Court’s…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Graham v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- State v. DortheySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- State v. BonannoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- State v. WeaverSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2002
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State v. WilliamsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2016
- State v. FletcherLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2014
- State v. WilsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
- State v. JonesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
- State v. AlridgeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2018
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