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    Director of Louisiana Capital Assistance Center found in contempt of court ---- Ian Howard's current defense team will remain in place

    The defense attorney removed from Ian Howard's death penalty case is back on the job, and the director of the agency that fired him was found in contempt on Wednesday.

    Ian Howard, 30, faces a 1st-degree murder charge, accused of killing a Lafayette Police officer in October 2017.

    Court records show that on May 14 Stephen Singer, who had been representing Howard, was terminated from the Louisiana Capital Assistance Center, which is a non-profit organization that contracts with the Louisiana Public Defender Board to provide legal representation to indigent defenders in capital trials.

    According to a motion to determine counsel filed by LCAC, Singer emailed the organization a retainer agreement on May 18 signed by Howard stating that he understood that the LCAC would not serve as co-counsel and would be represented by Singer.

    Singer then requested that Howard's client file from LCAC be transferred to him.

    LCAC stated in court and in its filings that as an indigent defendant who had counsel assigned to his case but had now retained private counsel, Howard had in fact discharged LCAC, which moved to withdraw as counsel in the case.

    As a result of receiving the retainer agreement on May 18, LCAC stated in its motion that, on the advice of its own counsel, it had ceased work on Howard's case beyond transferring the client file and moving to determine counsel.

    But in court Wednesday, a judge found Richard Bourke, the director of the LCAC, in contempt of court for doing so without consulting him.

    During the hearing, 15th Judicial District Judge Jules Edwards said Bourke's actions in this case constituted an abandonment of Howard's defense and "caused serious harm" to Howard and "created an unnecessary delay."

    Edwards said in court Wednesday that no work had been done on the case between May 18 and June 10, despite a hearing set for July 13 to determine if the trial will be moved out of Lafayette Parish.

    Edwards sentenced Bourke to pay a $300 fine within 30 days, and gave him a 30-day jail sentence, which was suspended. Bourke is on 2 years of probation, the judge ordered.

    Singer is back on the case as Howard's lead defense attorney along with Elliott Brown as associate counsel. The LCAC will also continue to provide auxillary services for Howard's defense.

    However, under the terms of the court's order, Bourke shall not interfere with any employee of LCAC in their attempts to assist Howard and his defense in the trial.

    Howard has 2 pending cases against him: a 1st-degree murder case in the Oct. 1, 2017 shooting death of Lafayette Cpl. Michael Middlebrook - for which prosecutors intend to pursue the death penalty - and in a separate case, three charges of attempted 1st-degree murder that involve the other alleged victims.

    Howard's felony trial is set for Nov. 9, which is nearly three years after Middlebrook was gunned down.

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    Appeals court halts proceedings in Ian Howard case

    By Wynce Nolley
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    LAFAYETTE, La. — A hearing set for Monday in the Ian Howard capital case has been delayed by the Third Circuit Court of Appeal after one of his lawyers asked that it be delayed while he appeals the trial judge's June ruling that kept Howard’s current defense team in place.

    On Tuesday, a member of Howard’s defense team, Elliott Brown with the Louisiana Capital Assistance Center, filed a notice to request a stay on proceedings in the case regarding the decision in June from the 15th Judicial District Court's denial of an emergency motion to determine who will represent Howard in his upcoming murder trial after his lead attorney was removed as his legal counsel.

    The judge put that attorney, Stephen Singer, back in charge, but still required that the LCAC continue to represent him as well. LCAC is a non-profit organization that contracts with the Louisiana Public Defender Board to provide legal representation to indigent defenders in capital trials.

    During the June 10 hearing, 15th JDC Judge Jules Edwards ruled that Singer return to the case as Howard's lead defense attorney with Brown as associate counsel. The LCAC would also continue to provide auxiliary services for Howard's defense, Edwards ordered.

    According to court records, Brown is appealing that decision and requests that all proceedings be halted until a decision is made because of the harm that will be done to Howard if his defense team is forced to proceed as currently configured at the June 10 hearing.

    According to 15th JDC Judge Jules Edwards, the Third Circuit granted the request to halt all proceedings in Howard’s case late Friday evening.

    Edwards told KATC via email that he received a call about the Third Circuit granting the stay and confirmed its validity with the court before notifying the attorneys in the case who then notified their clients and witnesses. Edwards said he also requested the cancellation of Howard’s transportation for Monday with the Department of Corrections.

    Howard, 30, has two pending cases against him: a first-degree murder case in the Oct. 1, 2017 shooting death of Lafayette Cpl. Michael Middlebrook - for which prosecutors intend to pursue the death penalty - and in a separate case, three charges of attempted first-degree murder that involve the other alleged victims.

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    Attorneys for Ian Howard request AG opinion on split jury acquittal

    Attorneys for the man accused of gunning down a Lafayette Police officer in 2017 returned to court Friday to argue for a split jury acquittal in the capital case, but a hearing won't come until April pending notification of the Attorney General's Office.

    Ian Howard, 31, was present in court for the 1st hearing in the capital case since last summer, which was delayed while his attorneys appealed a decision by a Lafayette district judge regarding his non-profit defense team.

    Howard’s defense attorneys argue that he is entitled to an acquittal if 10 out of 12 jurors agree that he is not guilty, even if a verdict to convict must be unanimous.

    According to the United States Constitution, a verdict to convict must be unanimous. Last year, non-unanimous verdicts in Louisiana were outlawed after the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Ramos vs Louisiana ruled that any conviction must be made by a unanimous verdict of 12 jurors.

    Prosecutors and Howard's defense agreed that Attorney General Jeff Landry's office must be notified about the constitutionality of a split jury acquittal in the case.

    Howard, 31, has two pending cases against him: a first-degree murder case in the Oct. 1, 2017 shooting death of Lafayette Cpl. Michael Middlebrook - for which prosecutors intend to pursue the death penalty - and in a separate case, three charges of attempted first-degree murder that involve the other alleged victims.

    A hearing is set to determine Howard's jury verdict is set for April 16 at the Lafayette Parish Courthouse.

    (source: KATC news)
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    Trial date set for Lafayette man accused of fatally shooting police officer

    AG’s Office sides with prosecutors on split jury acquittal in Ian Howard case

    By KATC News

    LAFAYETTE, La. — A district judge set a trial date of April 25, 2022 for Ian Howard, who is accused of fatally shooting a Lafayette police officer and wounding three others in 2017.

    Ian Howard, 31, was present in court Friday as his defense attorneys argued before 15th Judicial District Court Judge Valerie Gotch Garrett for a hearing over the issue for a split jury acqittal in the capital case.

    The judge insisted that both sides work out a trial date. They agreed that jury selection would begin on April 25, 2022 with a two-week trial beginning on May 1, 2022.

    Howard's defense attorneys also argued that a jury in his forthcoming trial could potentially deliver a verdict of either not guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity from only 10 of the 12 jurors, and not a unanimous verdict as they would if they voted to convict.

    Representatives from Attorney General’s Office were also present and sided with the Lafayette District Attorney’s Office over the issue for a split jury acquittal.

    The United States Supreme Court decision in Ramos vs Louisiana ruled last year that any conviction must be made by a unanimous verdict of 12 jurors.

    In November 2018, Louisiana voters also approved a constitutional amendment that requires a unanimous verdict from juries in non-capital cases. However, the law only applies to the court cases of crimes that took place on or after Jan. 1, 2019.

    Prosecutors argue that the intent of Louisiana voters in passing the amendment was that non-unanimous verdicts to convict should apply the same to verdicts to acquit.

    Steven Vick with the Attorney General’s Office sided with the District Attorney’s position that Louisiana law now requires a unanimous jury to render any verdict, including an acquittal.

    The judge said she would take the arguments, as well as several motions filed late yesterday, under advisement and deliver a ruling at a later time.

    Howard has two pending cases against him: a first-degree murder case in the Oct. 1, 2017 shooting death of Lafayette Cpl. Michael Middlebrook - for which prosecutors intend to pursue the death penalty - and in a separate case, three charges of attempted first-degree murder that involve the other alleged victims.

    Howard’s next hearing will be held on May 13 at the Lafayette Parish Courthouse.

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    Ian Howard was psychotic, after years of mental decline, when he killed Lafayette officer: report

    Two forensic mental health experts have concluded that Ian Howard was in a psychotic state on the night in 2017 that he fatally shot a Lafayette Police officer and wounded three others.

    Their conclusions narrowly focus on what they say was Howard’s inability to waive his Miranda rights, without addressing whether Howard's illness impaired his ability to distinguish right and wrong at the time of the shootings. The latter question is the linchpin of Howard's insanity defense under state law.

    For the moment, the findings have bearing only on the defense’s motion to suppress Howard’s statements during his near-immediate apprehension and detention.

    Yet they are still relevant to 31-year-old Howard’s overall defense because they suggest that Howard’s mental illness incapacitated him before, during and after the shootings.

    “It is my opinion that Mr. Howard was suffering from the psychotic symptoms of this severe mental illness at the time of the offense, when detained, and later questioned by law enforcement,” wrote Sarah Deland, a Tulane University psychiatry professor who diagnosed Howard with schizoaffective disorder after interviewing him 13 times and reviewing his social and medical histories.

    Hearings on the motion to suppress disintegrated last month amid squabbling over the basis for suppression, which prosecutors contend is only allowed when statements are obtained through misconduct. Another hearing on the motion to suppress is scheduled for July 16.

    Howard is technically being tried in two cases related to his shooting spree at a Moss Street convenience store. He is first facing three counts of attempted murder, with a capital murder case to follow in the death of Cpl. Michael Middlebrook.

    The pre-trial wrangling in the attempted murder case will settle underlying legal questions in both cases.

    Deland noted that schizophrenia affects “the capacity to exercise free and rational judgment,” and she characterized Howard’s actions during the shootings as “motiveless and apparently random.”

    To succeed at trial, Howard’s lawyers with the Louisiana Capital Assistance Center must do more than prove that he was psychotic at the time of the offense. Howard’s ability to distinguish right and wrong and his understanding of his legal rights are “two totally discrete questions,” said Lauren Kois, a University of Alabama forensic psychologist.

    “They definitely are correlated, but it’s not a perfect correlation,” Kois said. “That there are people agreeing he was psychotic at the time, that can help an insanity defense. But it’s not enough just to be psychotic.”

    In addition to interviewing Howard and others who have known him, Deland and Lafayette clinical psychologist F.T. Friedberg independently reviewed Howard’s health and personal records.

    Friedberg said he was unable to personally diagnose Howard after meeting him only once, but that his medical and social history is “consistent with the classic presentation of a schizophrenia spectrum disorder.”

    The doctors’ investigations charted new details about Howard’s promising youth and sudden, confounding deterioration. They also noted missed opportunities to recognize and properly treat Howard’s illness over a decade leading up to the shootings.

    Howard was placed in gifted and talented classes in grade school, and he blossomed into an excellent student at Lafayette High School. He made friends in social clubs and the school band, successfully balancing his schoolwork, social life and a part-time job.

    Howard ran into trouble almost as soon as he shipped off to Louisiana State University, where he floundered academically. A psychiatrist diagnosed Howard, then 19 years old, with Attention Deficit Disorder, which is also known as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and sometimes confused with schizophrenia.

    The diagnosis Howard received requires the presence of symptoms prior to age 12, according to the American Psychiatric Association. Friedberg noted that Howard’s symptoms had not manifested by then. The psychiatrist who diagnosed Howard with ADHD prescribed Adderall, which is controversial for treating patients with pre-existing psychosis.

    Doctors continued prescribing Adderall to Howard for at least nine years after the initial ADHD diagnosis. He dropped out of LSU to attend community college. Howard earned enough credits to transfer to University of Louisiana-Lafayette, but continued to struggle.

    Howard’s family noticed dramatic changes in his behavior, Deland noted. He was paranoid and difficult to be around, constantly lecturing his loved ones on bizarre topics. His family could not tell if his thoughts were based in reality.

    Howard finally earned a bachelor’s degree from UL after seven years of undergraduate work. By that time, Howard was talking about the FBI in a paranoid way. He got fired twice and moved to New Orleans, where he failed to hold down a job. His appearance declined. He started expressing racist thoughts, “in stark contrast to the views (Howard) held and expressed previously,” Deland noted.

    Howard moved back to Lafayette in the fall of 2016, about one year before the shooting. His obsession with the FBI intensified. He reported being tracked through electronics and kitchen appliances. In January 2017, a New Orleans health clinic diagnosed Howard with anxiety disorder and prescribed anxiety medicine, in addition to more Adderall.

    Less than two weeks after the anxiety diagnosis, Howard tried to steal a cash register from a grocery store. Police found him running back and forth through the bushes, claiming the FBI was out to kill him.

    Howard was admitted involuntarily to the University Hospital mental health extension, and a Coroner’s Emergency Certificate issued the next day authorized forced inpatient treatment for up to 15 days. A Vermilion Behavioral Health psychiatrist observed persistent psychotic symptoms, including paranoia, delusions and hallucinations.

    But Howard was released two days after being picked up, without further inpatient care. He did not receive any antipsychotic medication.

    Howard purchased an AR-15 rifle three days after his release, according to evidence in his criminal case. He bought a Smith and Wesson pistol three weeks later. His family, certain that he was suffering from a serious mental illness, became “frustrated about navigating the process of seeking help and treatment,” Deland wrote.

    Eight months later, Howard’s bizarre behavior got him fired from a restaurant job. He verbally threatened the supervisor and also texted a picture of a dead person, according to a police report. In a voicemail, police instructed Howard to stop the threats. No charges were filed, and the matter was dropped.

    Three weeks after that, on the night of the shooting, Howard sped out of his parking spot at a Tulane Avenue apartment complex near UL, according to a neighbor who was interviewed at the time. Another neighbor said Howard had flashed a gun a couple nights earlier, after some students illegally parked behind his car.

    Howard shot two people at the Big Boy Discount Zone on Moss Street shortly after 10 p.m. on Oct. 1, 2017. He left in his car and repeatedly returned, finally parking and getting out with the Smith and Wesson pistol inside the car.

    Howard walked up to the store with Middlebrook, who was responding to the scene. He then snatched the store owner’s gun and killed Middlebrook. A shootout with police ensued, and another officer suffered a non-fatal gunshot wound.

    Officers pursued Howard to a nearby ditch, where they fought with him, according to officer testimony last month. They deployed tasers and beat him in the head with a metal flashlight to subdue him, according to officer testimony last month. A sergeant told the officers immediately afterward they should have shot him.

    Once apprehended, Howard repeatedly threatened to kill officers and medical staff during transport, first to the Lafayette Police station and then to University Hospital. Shortly thereafter, State Police read Howard his Miranda rights and formally interrogated him.

    Howard was transferred from Lafayette Parish jail to the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, where medical staff initially diagnosed him with schizophrenia spectrum disorder. They updated the diagnosis to “substance-induced psychotic disorder,” which refers to symptoms brought about by medications like Adderall.

    Deland ruled out substance-induced psychosis when evaluating Howard because of the persistence of his illness over years, and the presence of symptoms “before and after the reasonable possibility of intoxication.”

    “It appears that medical staff at the facility did not have the advantage of the significant history of mental illness preceding the offense and incarceration,” Deland wrote.

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    Split jury verdict can't acquit Ian Howard, 15th JDC judge rules

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    Ian Howard, the man accused of first-degree murder in the 2017 shooting death of a Lafayette police officer and of wounding three others, cannot be acquitted by a split jury, a 15th Judicial District Court judge has ruled.

    Howard is pleading not guilty by reason of insanity in two cases: one for three counts of attempted murder, and another for capital murder in the case of Cpl. Michael Middlebrook. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in the Middlebrook case.

    Howard's lawyers argued that last year's Supreme Court ruling forbidding non-unanimous jury verdicts did not distinguish between convictions and acquittals. They also point out that the state's constitutional amendment doing away with split verdicts applies only to alleged offenses committed after 2018.

    In her July 1 decision, Judge Valerie Gotch Garrett found that a verdict is a decision made by jurors and by definition includes both guilty and not guilty decisions.

    Garrett further found that the Supreme Court decision in Ramos v. Louisiana does not support the defense's argument that Howard is entitled to his requested special jury instruction. Any allowance for split jury verdicts in state law also has limited impact on the decision in Howard's case, as it applies only to non-capital cases.

    Howard's attempted murder trial is scheduled to begin on April 25, 2022, with the capital murder trial to follow. He's next due in court for a motions hearing on July 16, reports The Advocate.

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    Experts split on mental status of Ian Howard, charged with killing a Lafayette police officer

    BY CLAIRE TAYLOR | Staff writer

    Four psychiatrists and psychologists who examined Ian Howard, the man accused of the fatal shooting of Lafayette Police Cpl. Michael Middlebrook in 2017, are split on whether Howard is mentally fit to stand trial.

    Howard's trial date for the attempted murder of three people at a convenience store on Oct. 1, 2017, is set for April. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the first-degree murder of Middlebrook and the attempted murder of the three others. Howard's trial for Middlebrook's murder has not been scheduled. He faces the death penalty in that case.

    At a hearing that took most of the day Monday, four mental health experts testified about the tests and interviews they conducted of Howard. After the tests and interviews and reviewing hundreds of pages of documents on his mental health since childhood, their conclusions were split.

    Dr. Sarah Deland, a Tulane University psychiatry professor, previously diagnosed Howard with schizoaffective disorder after interviewing him 13 times and reviewing his social and medical histories. She said he was suffering a psychotic event at the time of the fatal shooting.

    Dr. John Christopher Buckley, a forensic psychiatrist with Tulane School of Medicine, interviewed Howard nearly two hours before concluding he suffers with schizoeffective disorder and is not competent to assist with his defense. Buckley recommended moving Howard from Elan Hunt Correctional Center to the East Louisiana Mental Health System hospital for treatment.

    Dr. Jessica Boudreaux, a forensic psychiatrist in Lafayette, concurred with their conclusion after interviewing Howard via Zoom for more than an hour on Aug. 19, 2021.

    Howard told Buckley he suffered audible hallucinations at night, with voices insulting him and saying derogatory things about him. Howard denied having hallucinations during the interview, Buckley said, but he questioned whether that was true.

    Previously Howard reported visual hallucinations, seeing an FBI van parked near his home. In January 2017 at a Lafayette business the police were called because Howard reported was running around claiming the FBI was trying to kill him, Buckley said.

    Howard, who had been taking Adderall (amphetamine salts) prescribed for ADHD, was taken to a mental health facility but declined anti-psychotic medication and treatment.

    In December 2017, two months after the fatal shooting, Buckley said records from Elan Hunt Correctional Center indicate Howard was prescribed medication after he was observed licking the toilet and floor. His psychotic behavior disappeared so quickly, he said, the medicine was soon discontinued.

    Dr. Joy Lamert, a clinical psychologist in Lafayette, spent most of the day Oct. 5 interviewing and conducting assessment tests on Howard, concluding he is capable of aiding in his defense. His behavior at times, she said, were not consistent with active psychosis.

    Garrett started off Monday morning explaining how the sealing of Howard's entire case file was an error.

    In an effort to remove from public view items ordered sealed, such as mental health records, Garrett said the Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court Office had difficulty discerning what should be sealed so the entire file was taken down to clean up the record.

    The Acadiana Advocate discovered the file was sealed before Thanksgiving. The Advocate, KATC and The Daily Advertiser sued to unseal the file. Last week, the documents re-appeared on the Clerk of Court's online system. Monday's hearing appears to have resolved the issues in the lawsuit.

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    Plea expected in Middlebrook case tomorrow

    By KATC News

    A plea is expected Tuesday morning from the man accused of killing a Lafayette Police Officer.

    District Attorney Don Landry said the plea is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Tuesday morning.

    Ian Howard is accused of first-degree murder in the shooting of Cpl. Michael Middlebrook in October 2017. Prosecutors had said they planned to seek the death penalty.

    Howard, 33, previously pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity for Middlebrook's death. He's also accused of shooting three others in the incident, but those cases won't go forward until after the death penalty case is done.

    In December 2021, the judge in the case heard hours of testimony regarding Howard's mental state.

    Three psychiatrists - two who were appointed by the court to answer the competency question, the third hired by the defense - testified that Howard suffers from either schizophrenia or schizo-affective disorder, and has done for years. The third person appointed by the court, a psychologist, testified that she believes Howard has the capacity for competency, but would like more information prior to issuing a diagnostic impression.

    The judge ruled he wasn't competent to go to trial, and ordered he receive treatment for his mental illnesses. After months of treatment, the court decided he was competent to help his lawyers and set a trial date for March 2024.

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    Ian Howard pleads guilty to killing Lafayette Cpl. Michael Middlebrook, will get life

    By Seth Linscombe
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    LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – Ian Howard, the man accused of killing Lafayette Police Cpl. Michael Middlebrook, has reached a plea deal that will keep him behind bars for the rest of his life.

    The plea deal removed the possible death sentence in exchange for life in prison at hard labor without the possibility ever, 15th Judicial District Court Judge Valerie Gotch Garrett emphasized, of probation or parole, plus 50 years for each attempted murder charge, running concurrently with one another.

    Howard pleaded guilty to one count of first degree murder and three counts of attempted first degree murder in the shooting of Cpl. Middlebrook and three others in October 2017.

    According to District Attorney Don Landry prosecutors planned to seek the death penalty, but accepted the plea deal for life in prison.

    https://www.klfy.com/local/lafayette...l-middlebrook/
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