Attorneys presented arguments to the Louisiana Supreme Court this week in the case of a Houma man sentenced to death in the slayings of a Lockport woman and her two children.
On Nov. 4, 2012, David Brown, 41, of Houma, stabbed 29-year-old Jacqueline Nieves, and her daughters, Gabriela, 7, and Izabela, 1,raped Jacquelin and Gabriella and set the family’s apartment on fire.
After unanimously convicting Brown on three counts of first-degree murder Oct. 30, 2016, a Lafourche Parish jury decided two days later he should receive the death penalty.
District Judge John LeBlanc of Thibodaux formally sentenced Brown to death June 22, 2018, which marked the first death sentence handed down in Lafourche in over 40 years.
State Supreme Court hears arguments in Bayou Blue burglary case
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State Supreme Court hears arguments in case of former Lafourche councilman
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State Supreme Court declines to hear Thibodaux Mardi Gras shooting case
The Louisiana Supreme Court has denied to hear a case for a man convicted of shooting someone during a Thibodaux Mardi Gras parade in 2016.
Ryan Harris, 25, of Napoleonville, was convicted Aug. 17, 2017, of attempted second-degree murder, carrying a firearm while committing an act of violence, unlawful use of body armor and possession of stolen firearms. He was then sentenced to 11 years behind bars.
The 1st Circuit Court of Appeal in Baton Rouge upheld Harris’ attempted murder and weapons convictions on Sept. 8. However, it overturned the body-armor conviction because it resulted from a divided jury verdict.