State v. Jacobs

hThe defendant was found guilty as charged on two counts of second degree murder by a unanimous twelve-person jury and was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences at hard labor, without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. On appeal, the defendant asserted sixteen assignments of error. The appellate court found merit in the defense’s claim that the trial judge failed to properly address two of the defendant’s Batson1 objections raised during voir dire, and concluded that the prosecution improperly used peremptory challenges to remove these jurors with a racially…