Preview:

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
NO. 94-KA-0025 STATE OF LOUISIANA versus LAWSON EUGENE STRICKLAND

ON APPEAL FROM THE THIRTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF VERNON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, HONORABLE TED R. BROYLES, JUDGE

WATSON, Justice.1 A Vernon Parish grand jury indicted Lawson Eugene Strickland and Christian Boyd for first degree murder, armed robbery and conspiracy to commit the armed robbery of Jesse B. Pinsonneault. The indictment was amended prior to trial to charge only Strickland. A jury found Strickland guilty as charged on all counts. After a penalty hearing, the jury unanimously recommended a death sentence for the first degree murder, finding as an aggravating factor that the murder was committed during the commission of an armed robbery. The trial judge sentenced Strickland to death in

1

Marcus, J., not on panel. Rule IV,

Download 94-KA-0025.pdf

Louisiana Law