Leaked details regarding DNA evidence recovered in the Madison Brooks case have prompted prosecutors to seek an order barring the release of more information and for the NAACP to call
Leaked details regarding DNA evidence recovered in the Madison Brooks case have prompted prosecutors to seek an order barring the release of more information and for the NAACP to call
Jury trials won t start in New Orleans for another two weeks
COVID-19 basically shut down the courthouse for the last year-and-a-half, but with restrictions loosening, jury trials will soon begin again. Author: Danny Monteverde / Eyewitness News Published: 9:01 PM CDT July 6, 2021 Updated: 9:01 PM CDT July 6, 2021
NEW ORLEANS Defense attorney Kevin Boshea made his way into the Orleans Parish Criminal Courthouse for the first time in more than a year on Tuesday. He says he was ready to get back to representing his clients before a jury of their peers.
While the court said that would begin again today, that will now happen July 19. Boshea says those jury trials need to begin as soon as possible because of a growing backlog of cases.
Jurors convicted one brother of murder in the fatal shooting of Brandon Broussard.
Shavis Toby was found guilty of second-degree murder, which carries a life sentence. Carlos Toby was found not guilty. Both were convicted of conspiracy to commit second-degree murder.
Jurors deliberated for about five hours Saturday before rendering the verdict. Sentencing for the conspiracy charges will be held at a later date.
In their closing arguments that morning, attorneys on both sides said they were fighting for justice.
State prosecutors said justice for Broussard and his family would have been finding each Carlos Toby and Shavis Toby guilty on all counts.
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DNA from part of a glove found at the site of a fatal shooting matched one of the two men accused of murder, according to a forensic chemist with the Acadiana Crime Lab.
Carlos Toby and Shavis Toby each are facing one count of second-degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit second-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of Brandon Broussard on Oct. 13, 2018.
The trial is ongoing, and each man s charges will be determined separately. A second-degree murder conviction carries a life sentence. Both have pleaded not guilty to all charges.
The tip of a blue latex glove was found near the back of the Grossie Lane trailer after Brandon Broussard was shot to death. Earlier in the trial, an investigator said the evidence was found more than three hours after the shooting because it was outside of the initial crime scene area.