Louisiana v. Magee
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Defendant James C. Magee was indicted by a grand jury for the first degree murder of Adrienne Magee, the first degree murder of Ashton Zachary Magee, the attempted first degree murder of S.M., and the attempted first degree murder of L.M. Following the close of evidence, the jury found the defendant guilty as charged on all counts and, at the conclusion of the penalty phase of the trial, recommended two sentences of death. In accordance with that recommendation, the district court sentenced the defendant to death by lethal injection for the murders of Adrienne and
Zack Magee and to two consecutive terms of 50 years of imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence for the attempted first degree murders of S.M. and L.M. Defendant appealed his convictions and sentences, raising seventeen assignments of error. "After a thorough review of the law and the evidence," the Supreme Court found no merit to any of Defendant's assignments of error, and affirmed his sentences and convictions.
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