State v. Jacobs

SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, Judge.

1 ¡>This is defendant’s appeal from his convictions for second degree murder after his second trial. In 1998, defendant, Lawrence Jacobs, Jr., was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. 1 On direct appeal, the Louisiana Supreme Court reversed defendant’s conviction and sentence and remanded the matter for a new trial. 2

In Jacobs I, the Louisiana Supreme Court reversed defendant’s conviction because of the trial judge’s erroneous denial of two of defendant’s challenges for cause. The supreme court described the denial of cause challenges as “the most…