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FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE # 36 FROM : CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA The Opinions handed down on the 21st day of May, 2008, are as follows:

BY TRAYLOR, J.: 2006-KA-0286 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LADERRICK CAMPBELL (Parish of Caddo) For the reasons assigned herein, the defendant's conviction and sentence are affirmed. In the event this judgment becomes final on direct review when either: (1) the defendant fails to petition timely the United States Supreme Court for certiorari; or (2) that Court denies his petition for certiorari; and either (a) the defendant, having filed for and been denied certiorari, fails to petition the United States Supreme Court timely, under their prevailing rules, for rehearing of denial of certiorari; or (b) that Court denies his petition for rehearing, the trial judge shall, upon receiving notice from this court under La.C.Cr.P. art. 923 of finality of direct appeal, and before signing the warrant of execution, as provided by La. R.S. 15:567(B),immediately notify the Louisiana Indigent Defense Assistance Board and provide the Board with reasonable time in which: (1) to enroll counsel to represent defendant in any state post-conviction proceedings, if appropriate, pursuant to its authority under La. R.S.15:149.1; and (2) to litigate expeditiously the claims raised in that original application, if filed, in the state courts. AFFIRMED. CALOGERO, C.J., dissents and assigns reasons. JOHNSON, J., dissents and assigns reasons.

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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA No. 06-KA-0286 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LADERRICK CAMPBELL On Appeal from the First Judicial District Court, For the Parish of Caddo Honorable Leon L. Emanuel, III, Judge
TRAYLOR, Justice On March 14, 2002, a Caddo Parish grand jury indicted the defendant, LaDerrick 1 Campbell, for the February 11, 2002 first degree murder of Kathy Parker, in violation of La. R.S. 14:30. Trial commenced with jury selection on September 13, 2004. On September 22, 2004, the jury returned a unanimous verdict of guilty as charged. After a penalty phase hearing, the same jury unanimously recommended a sentence of death after finding as an aggravating circumstance that the defendant was engaged in the perpetration of an armed robbery when he murdered the victim. On February 25, 2005, after denying post-verdict motions, the trial court imposed the sentence of death in accordance with the jury's verdict. The defendant now brings the direct appeal of his conviction and sentence to this court pursuant to La. Const. art. 5,

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