Legal Opinion
State v. Brooks
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 12, 2012No. 47,394-KAPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDrew, J.
|, Jeremy Jermaine Brooks was convicted of second degree murder, La. R.S. 14:30.1. His motion for new trial was denied. In due course, he was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor without benefits.
He appeals. We affirm the conviction but remand for resentencing.
FACTS
In April of 2009, when this defendant was 17 years of age, a senseless gunfight occurred between rival gangs of young men at the Canaan Village Apartments in Shreveport. Earlier that day, angry words had been exchanged between the defendant and Terrance Holden. When Holden tried to start a fistfight with him, *164the defendant…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Graham v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1995
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3Cited by10 opinions
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