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    Jefferson Parish capital case dips deeply into jury pool

    Prospective jurors reported to the Jefferson Parish Courthouse in Gretna by the hundreds Friday to fill out lengthy questionnaires in preparation for what has become a rarity in the parish: a capital prosecution.

    Jury selection is scheduled to begin next month in the first-degree murder trial of Isaiah Doyle, 28, of Harvey, who is accused of killing convenience store clerk Hwa Lee, 26, during an armed robbery of her family's Marrero business in 2005.

    Doyle is the only defendant in Jefferson Parish currently charged with a capital offense. The last time prosecutors sought a death sentence in Jefferson was six years ago.

    In preparing for what could be a two-week trial, parish officials planned to summon 750 prospective jurors to the courthouse last week, although it was unclear how many people showed up to answer more than 100 questions in confidential questionnaires.

    The responses are designed to give the lawyers and the judge a general sense of prospective jurors before jury selection begins sometime in mid-March. The judge declined to provide a copy of the questionnaire to a reporter.

    "Trial by jury is a keystone of our system of justice," Judge June Darensburg of the 24th Judicial District Court told the crowd gathered in the jury assembly room Friday before her staff and deputies distributed pens and questionnaires related to what she referred to only as "a trial."

    If Doyle is convicted of first-degree murder, prosecutors Vince Paciera and Jackie Maloney will urge jurors to recommend that Doyle die by lethal injection.

    Last month, Doyle's appointed attorneys, Kyla Blanchard-Romanach and Bruce Dodd of Baton Rouge, argued their client is mentally retarded, meaning that under a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court decision, the state cannot seek the death penalty.

    The argument has led to a string of evaluations and a stern warning from Darensburg that the late-coming defense claim in the 5-year-old case would not derail the March trial.

    "We are going forward with this trial," she told the attorneys last month.

    The last first-degree murder trial in Jefferson Parish was in 2005, when Mark Cambre was convicted of killing retired New Orleans police officer Kelly Marrione. But the jury couldn't reach a unanimous decision on the punishment, and Cambre was sentenced to life in prison. The last death sentence handed down in Jefferson was in 2004, after Dustin Dressner was convicted of killing Paul Fasullo of Marrero.

    Doyle, who has a history of erratic courtroom behavior, was not present for Friday's hearings.

    According to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, Doyle and Jose Rojas went on an armed robbery spree that culminated just before 7 a.m. on Aug. 4, 2005, when Lee, who was helping her family run their Barataria Boulevard store, was shot four times despite complying with the robbers' demands that she turn over the cash.

    Rojas, 26, of Marrero, is accused of being the getaway driver. He is awaiting trial on a charge of second-degree murder.

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    Jefferson Parish death penalty trial begins

    By Paul Purpura
    The Times-Picayune

    Testimony began today in the trial of a Marrero man accused of an August 2005 crime spree on the West Bank that culminated with the death of a store clerk who was gunned down despite complying with the robber's demands.

    Isaiah Doyle, 28, could face the death penalty if a jury convicts him of killing Hwa Lee and of an armed robbery and attempted armed robbery - crimes that happened hours apart on Aug. 4, 2005.

    He also is accused of attempting to rob the clerk of a Barataria Boulevard gas station in Marrero and then robbing a man at gunpoint on Hector Street in Terrytown.

    Lee, 27, was alone in her parents convenience store, when Doyle demanded cash and cigarettes. She was shot in head, twice in the chest and once in the stomach, despite complying. Her death was captured on the store's security video system, and the jury will see it, said Assistant District Attorney Vince Paciera, who is prosecuting the case with Jackie Maloney.

    Doyle has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. His attorneys have not disputed that Doyle killed Lee. However, Doyle was unable to determine between right and wrong, was under the influence of narcotics and that he was acting under threats of death from his co-hort, Jose Rojas, said defense attorney Cesar Vazquez, who is defending the case with Kyla Blanchard-Romanach and Bruce Dodd.

    Rojas, 26, of Marrero, is awaiting trial on charges of second-degree murder in Lee's death, and of armed robbery and attempted armed robbery. He is accused of being the driver and waited outside the Lee family store when Doyle went in.

    A jury of eight women and four men was seated today, capping off six days of jury selection. The jury, which includes two alternates, will be sequestered at an undisclosed hotel until the trial is finished, expected later this week.

    If the jury convicts Doyle of first-degree murder, the panel then will decide whether to recommend life in prison or the death penalty. He is the only person in Jefferson Parish currently charged with a capital offense. The last time Jefferson Parish prosecutors sought the death penalty was July 2005.

    The trial is unfolding before Judge June Darensburg of the 24th Judicial District Court.

    Doyle has a history of courtroom outbursts, including a 2009 incident in which he cursed Darensburg, leading her to hold him in contempt of court. His behavior has been tempered during the trial. Today, as attorneys gave opening statements, his head swayed back and forth and he occassionally yawned.

    After the jury left court for its lunch break this afternoon, Doyle spoke out, telling Darensburg he will testify in his defense regardless of his attorneys' advice.

    "I'm going to take the stand in my defense," Doyle said. "That's my opinion. That's what I want to do."

    He added he wants to testify in both phases of his trial, the "guilt phase," which is unfolding today, and the penalty phase, should the jury convict him as charged and has to decide his punishment.

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    Appellate judges halt Jefferson Parish death penalty case

    An appeals court ordered an abrupt stop to testimony this morning in a Jefferson Parish death penalty trial, so appellate justices can consider a request to overturn a judge's ruling barring the defense from raising allegations their client is mentally retarded.

    The order by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeal was announced in court about 11:20 a.m. Judge June Darensburg of the 24th Judicial District Court said the trial is stopped until 2 p.m.

    At issue is a ruling Darensburg made Monday at the request of prosecutors, who asked that Isaiah Doyle's attorneys be barred from raising the mental retardation defense during the trial's "guilt phase."

    Doyle, 28, of Harvey, is charged with first-degree murder in the Aug. 4, 2005, death of Hwa Lee, 26, who was shot to death while working in her parents' convenience store in Marrero.

    He has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury knows about his plea, in which Doyle's attorneys allege he did not know right from wrong when he shot Lee, despite her complying with his orders for cash.

    However, allegations of mental retardation should be argued only during the trial's penalty phase, Darensburg ruled. That argument would be raised only during the penalty phase, a second proceeding that would be held only if the jury convicts Doyle of first-degree murder.

    Cesar Vazquez, one of Doyle's attorneys, argued Monday he wanted to raise the mental retardation issue during his opening statements. But Darensburg would not allow it.

    Another of Doyle's attorneys, Kyla Blanchard-Romanach, asked Monday to stop the trial until the matter was resolved. Darensburg declined the request, and testimony began.

    Late this morning, as firearms identification expert Louise Walzer began her testimony, Darensburg abruptly halted the trial and ordered the jury out of the courtroom. She announced the 5th Circuit order.

    Darensburg separately has put in place a "restrictive order" that appears to bar attorneys from speaking with news media in the Jefferson Parish Courthouse. Citing the court order, attorneys were hesitant to speak about the mental retardation issue after Darensburg halted the trial.

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    Prosecutors, defense rest in Jefferson Parish death penalty case

    Attorneys for a Harvey man facing the death penalty if convicted this week of murdering a store clerk in Marrero opened and closed their case Wednesday night with testimony designed to show he suffers from mental disorders that preclude him from criminal liability.

    Isaiah Doyle, 28, shot and killed Hwa Lee after she complied with his demands for cash and cigarettes on Aug. 5, 2005. He is charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery and attempted armed robbery, in connection with a crime spree early that morning that ended when he gunned down Lee, 26, a Korean immigrant.

    Judge June Darensburg of the 24th Judicial District Court said closing arguments in the case would be this morning.

    The prosecutors, Vince Paciera and Jackie Maloney, rested their case in chief Wednesday afternoon, opening the door for the defense attorneys to present testimony from Sarah DeLand, a forensic psychiatrist at Tulane University who told the jury Doyle has wrestled with mental illness all his life and meets the criteria for mild mental retardation.

    But asked by defense attorney Cesar Vazquez whether mental illness prevented Doyle from distinguishing between right from wrong at the time he shot Lee, Deland said, "It's possible."

    "But I do not have enough information to say with any medical certainty that he did not know right from wrong," DeLand testified.

    Whether that diagnosis is enough to sway a jury to rule Doyle is not guilty by reason of insanity remains to be seen. Such a verdict would mean Doyle's trial is over and he would be sent to a state hospital.

    Vazquez has argued that legally, the jury can find Doyle is criminally insane by a "preponderance of the evidence," a legal threshold that falls far below the one prosecutors face, which is to prove "beyond a reasonable doubt" that Doyle had "specific intent" to kill Lee.

    However, if the jury finds him guilty of first-degree murder, the case would proceed to a "penalty phase" in which prosecutors will ask the jury to recommend a death sentence.

    DeLand cited a life of mental problems in describing Doyle, but she testified other doctors have found Doyle has malingered, or faked his illness.

    The jury, which is sequestered and sleeping at a West Bank hotel, didn't enter the courtroom until late Wednesday afternoon because the case was stalled until the state Supreme Court could rule on whether defense attorneys could argue during the trial phase that Doyle is mentally retarded.

    Darensburg sided with prosecutors on Monday in ruling that the defense could argue mental retardation only during a penalty phase. The defense balked, and on Tuesday, the state 5th Circuit Court of Appeal issued a split decision, essentially allowing the defense to present that evidence only in the context of how is diminished intellectual functioning could affect his confessions.

    The Supreme Court stopped the trial Tuesday night until it could rule. That ruling was faxed to Darensburg court about 2:15 p.m., meaning the trial could resume.

    In the meantime, attorneys argued other matters, including whether Doyle would remain in the courtroom for the day's testimony. His attorneys worried he would cut up; he had had previous courtroom outbursts. At one point, he bickered with his attorneys because he didn't want one of them sitting beside him.

    The defense attorneys later conceded law requires defendants to be in court during capital trials. Doyle, who is taking prescription medication for anxiety and mood swings, is shackled at the ankles in court. The jury has not seen the restraints.

    At one point Wednesday, Doyle threatened to yell profanities at the jury. He also became riled up during argument over a book he had while in jail written by former Angola inmate Wilbert Rideau, "Rage & Survival Behind Bars." Maloney later argued the book shows Doyle's intellect is higher than the grade-school level he is purported to have.

    In light of his threats, Darensburg sent Doyle to a holding cell in the courthouse to calm down. On the way out of the courtroom, he mumbled to no one in particular, "Stick that book up you're a--." The attorneys also argued over aspects of a psychologist's report based on evaluations of Doyle, and whether the jury would see those elements.

    For instance, the report contained Doyle's mentioning he was jailed at age 16 for murder. In fact, his attorney Kyla Blanchard-Romanach said, Doyle pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact to second-degree murder.

    That crime involved the beating death of a man in 1999. Blanchard-Romanach said Doyle did not participate in the homicide, but was sitting in a car when it happened. Darensburg agreed the jury would not learn about that guilty plea.

    The doctor who authored the report also noted other matters Doyle discussed, including commentary about Lee's death.

    "She begged for her life; that was wrong," he said. "I have no remorse," he said.

    The defense didn't want the jury to see this. But Maloney argued the jury should see it, because the statements indicate Doyle understands remorse and, as such, right from wrong. That, she implied, means Doyle is not insane.

    "He specifically said he has no remorse and would like to kill again," Maloney argued.

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    Jury begins deliberations in Jefferson Parish death penalty case

    After hearing three days of testimony and a morning of attorneys' arguments, a Jefferson Parish jury has begun deliberating the fate of Isaiah Doyle, deciding whether he is guilty of first-degree murder for killing a store clerk during a robbery or is insane and cannot be held criminally liable.

    "The court's in recess until the jury reaches a verdict," Judge June Darensburg of the 24th Judicial District Court said about 11:30 a.m., moments after the jurors filed out of her court.

    No one disputes Doyle shot and killed Hwa Lee, 26, as she worked in her parents' convenience store on Barataria Boulevard on Aug. 4, 2005. The store's surveillance video system captured the crime, and prosecutors have shown the jury snippets of Lee's violent death twice this week.

    "We have never contested the fact that Hwa Lee was shot and killed by Isaiah Doyle," defense attorney Bruce Dodd said in closing argument.

    Rather, Dodd argued, Doyle's mental illness and mental retardation prevented him from formulating the "specific intent to kill," a legal requirement prosecutors are required to prove "beyond a reasonable doubt."

    "Isaiah has a long history of mental problems that stretches from the time he was a baby until his sitting in the courtroom," Dodd said.

    He said those illnesses are documented and supported by his history of placement in special education programs and committal to a mental health hospital when he was a teenager. His scores on IQ tests rate him as mildly mentally retarded, and he also received money from the federal government because of his mental disabilities.

    He said Doyle never received proper treatment until he was jailed for Lee's murder, when a parish-employed doctor began prescribing an array of medicines he said are used to treat psychotic people.

    "How was he surviving on the streets without these medicines?" Dodd said. "I will say he wasn't surviving."

    The prosecutors, Jackie Maloney and Vince Paciera, argued the medication Doyle received in jail were prescribed for anxiety and mood swings, which Paciera argued is understandable under his circumstances.

    "That's not a surprise," he said of the medication. "It'd be pretty depressed and pretty anxious if I were in jail waiting to go on trial for first-degree murder. Any person would be anxious."

    Doyle has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. If the jury convicts him of first-degree murder, a second trial, called the "penalty phase," would be held no sooner than Friday. In it, attorneys would present witnesses whose testimony would be aimed at swaying the jury to recommend either a death sentence or a life sentence in prison.

    However, if the jury finds Doyle is insane, the trial would end and he would be committed to a mental hospital and remain there until a judge determines he is no longer a danger to himself or others, attorneys said.

    If the jury rejects the insanity claim, Dodd asked jurors to consider convicting him of second-degree murder or manslaughter. He also argued "the system," apparently meaning the government or mental health system, failed Doyle.

    But Paciera rebutted the argument.

    "The system has not failed Isaiah Doyle," Paciera said. "Isaiah Doyle is in that part of the system right where he belongs. Isaiah Doyle is not insane. Isaiah Doyle knows right from wrong. Isaiah Doyle is right where he is supposed to be, on trial for first-degree murder for mercilessly killing Hwa Lee. He made her look him in the eyes, and he shot her after she did everything he said."

    Maloney argued that Doyle has a history of malingering, or faking illness. But his behavior in Lee's death and after he was arrested shows he knew right from wrong, she said.

    Doyle also specifically intended to kill Lee, Maloney argued.

    Doyle claims Lee grabbed for the gun and it fired, but the security video contradicts that claim and shows Lee complying with Doyle's demands. She emptied the cash from the register and handed it over, and showed him the empty register trays, according to the video. She then reached behind her to get a pack of Kool cigarettes, and repeated the motion.

    She is then shot four times, her body flung backward, according to the video.

    "So cold," Maloney said. "So calculated. He wasn't nervous. He had the presence of mind to ask for cigarettes."

    The jury also must reach a verdict on whether Doyle is guilty of an attempted armed robbery and an armed robbery, both occurring in the hours before he shot Lee.

    Prosecutors say Doyle and alleged cohort Jose Rojas, 26, of Marrero, were on the crime spree together, with Rojas being the driver. He is awaiting trial on charges of second-degree murder and robbery.

    In his confession, Doyle claimed Rojas, whom he called "Killer," was a member of the Latin Kings street gang, and that Rojas and others forced him to commit the robberies or else he and his family would be killed.

    His attorneys conceded Doyle lies, but they argued his mental illness left him under Rojas' control. That, they argue, was backed by testimony by one of their robbery victims, who said Doyle seemed to be following instruction from Rojas.

    Dodd said Rojas would hang out with Doyle only after Doyle received his disability checks from the government, and they then would go out and use illegal narcotics together until the money was gone.

    "Rojas is a user," Dodd argued today. "He used Isaiah, and that is exactly happened on the night of these crimes. He uses Isaiah because he (Isaiah) has a mental capacity of a child."

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    Gulty verdict in killing of Marrero store clerk

    A man accused of killing a convenience store clerk during a robbery in 2005 has been found guilty by a jury in Jefferson Parish’s first capital murder case in six years.

    Isaiah Doyle could face the death penalty. Following the conviction of first-degree murder, the trial will go to a penalty phase to determine whether he will receive the death penalty or life in prison.

    Doyle’s lawyers had claimed the 28-year-old suspect was not guilty by reason of mental retardation. They did not deny that Doyle shot clerk Kwa Lee at the Marrero convenience store.

    Doyle had a history of outbursts in the court room during the trial and hearings, and Wednesday’s hearing was no different. When waiting for attorneys to argue on a motion, he kept telling the judge, “I don’t give a ****.” It further delayed the trial because his attorneys had to calm and quiet him down.

    In arguing Doyle’s mental retardation defense, attorneys also argued some of the statements he made to a state psychiatrist shouldn’t be admitted, including Doyle saying he had no remorse for the murder and that he was concerned he wouldn’t be able to kill any more people.

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    Man facing death penalty says he's not sorry about killing

    Jurors endured explosive, often emotional testimony and an outburst from the defendant Friday morning in the sentencing phase of a man convicted of killing a convenience store clerk during a robbery in 2005.

    Isaiah Doyle could face the death penalty, in what is Jefferson Parish’s first capital murder case in six years.

    When he took the stand during the sentencing phase, Doyle told the jury, “If I had an AK-47, I’d kill every last one of y’all with no remorse.”

    Doyle said of the murder, “I have no conscience. When I go to sleep at night, I don’t even think about it.”
    The jury also heard testimony from Jamie Lee, the older sister of murder victim Hwa Lee. In emotional testimony, she said her family has been devastated by her sister’s murder.

    When he took the stand, Doyle’s response to that testimony was equally chilling.

    “I have lost people too. No sense crying over spilled milk. I have no sympathy or empathy for Ms. Lee.”
    Prosecutors also presented the victim of a robbery three weeks before the killing. Her testimony prompted an angry outburst from Doyle, who had to be restrained by deputies.

    When he later took the stand, Doyle clarified what he told the robbery victim after her testimony. He said he told her, “I should have blown your (expletive) brains out.”

    Doyle’s lawyers had claimed the 28-year-old suspect was not guilty by reason of mental retardation. They did not deny that Doyle shot clerk Hwa Lee at the Marrero convenience store.

    Attorneys say a doctor described Doyle as aggressive when he was only eight months old.

    By age six, they say he was enrolled in special education. When Doyle was a teenager, attorneys say he was hospitalized with symptoms of paranoia. During his time in prison since the killings, the defense says Doyle has been prescribed numerous anti-psychotic drugs.

    During closing arguments, attorney Bruce Dodd suggested Doyle didn't receive adequate care before the crime though. Dodd asked, "How was he surviving on the street without these medications? He wasn't."

    But prosecutors held firm, that Doyle's behavior the night of the crime was that of a man who knew exactly what he was doing.

    They showed jurors surveillance video of the crime -- pointing out that, after Hwa Lee gave him money from the cash register and packs of cigarettes, Doyle made her look him in the eyes, before shooting her four times.

    On Friday, Doyle said the reason he shot four times was that his gun jammed – implying he would have shot more.

    In his closing arguments, Prosecutor Vince Paciera said, "Isaiah Doyle is not insane. Isaiah Doyle knew right from wrong. Isaiah Doyle is exactly where he is supposed to be -- on trial for first degree murder."

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    JP jury sentences man to death for murder

    A Jefferson Parish jury has sentenced 28-year-old Isaiah Doyle to death in a unanimous verdict in the parish's first capital murder trial in six years.

    The jury convicted Doyle on Thursday of murdering a convenience store clerk during a 2005 robbery.

    The death penalty verdict comes after a day of emotional testimony in the trial Friday, marked by violent outbursts from Doyle on the stand. He said he felt no remorse for his actions.

    “I have no conscience. When I go to sleep at night, I don’t even think about it,” Doyle said on the stand.

    Doyle also threatened the jurors, saying, “If I had an AK-47, I’d kill every last one of y’all with no remorse.”

    Because of state law, in order for Doyle to receive the death sentence, jurors had to unanimously agree that he should receive that sentence and that he does not have mental retardation; otherwise, he would have automatically received a life sentence.

    Doyle’s defense attorneys did not contest that Doyle was the shooter. Instead, they centered their defense on his mental health, saying he was not guilty because he is mentally retarded.

    A psychologist for the defense said, “Without a doubt, he has mental retardation.”

    But a number of doctors testified Friday, and while they agreed Doyle’s IQ is in the range of mild mental retardation, some say there are other factors in making that determination. A neuropsychologist for the defense, Dr. Mike Chafetz, said, “He’s showing very clever and adaptive functioning in many ways and is not mentally retarded.”

    Before the jury announced their decision, Doyle's cousin Keisha spoke with Eyewitness News reporter Monica Hernandez and offered contrition.

    “On behalf of the Doyle family, I want to apologize for what has happened,” Keisha said. “I’m truly, truly sorry. My cousins, they have stated it, and I myself am truly, truly sorry. Nobody wants this to happen to their family, so I empathize with them and I’m very sorry. Very sorry. Don’t want this to happen again to anybody.”

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    Attorneys to seek new trial in Isaiah Doyle's death penalty case

    Attorneys specializing in death penalty appeals are preparing to argue that Isaiah Doyle, who is scheduled to be sentenced to death for killing a store clerk in Marrero in 2005, should get a new trial, a member of his defense team has said.

    David Price, director of the Baton Rouge Capital Conflict Office, a state-funded law office for indigent defendants, did not reveal grounds for a new-trial argument in announcing it Friday minutes after a Jefferson Parish jury recommended death for Doyle in the slaying of Hwa Lee.

    But Price sought to delay Doyle's sentencing by 60 days so appellate lawyers can review the case record to prepare arguments for a new trial. Judge June Darensburg of the 24th Judicial District Court, who wanted to hand down the punishment next week, set sentencing for May 16.

    Doyle, 28, of Harvey, was convicted of first-degree murder Thursday, for shooting Lee during an armed robbery on Aug. 4, 2005. That same jury recommended a death sentence Friday night. Lee, 26, a Korean immigrant working in her parents' convenience store, was shot four times despite complying with Doyle's demands.

    Doyle's case was the only death penalty case pending in Jefferson Parish.

    "We're very thorough in evaluating these cases," Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul Connick Jr. said Monday. "But we certainly thought this case warranted the death penalty."

    Price said the Louisiana Capital Appeals Project, which handles indigent appeals, will be appointed to the case. At least one attorney who specializes in death penalty appeals was in court Friday, observing from the audience.

    While the defense attorneys did not speak about the susbtance of a new trial request, the argument might raise Doyle's alleged mental retardation. Darensburg ruled the defense attorneys could only raise the issue during the trial's penalty phase and refused to temporarily stall the trial until appeals courts could weigh in. By the time the state Supreme Court overruled her decision, prosecutors were resting their case.

    Mental retardation was a central defense theme during Friday's penalty phase. Had one juror found he was mentally retarded, Doyle automatically would have received life in prison. Two psychologists hired by the defense testified that Doyle met the criteria for mental retardation, but Doyle gave conflicting statements about his intellectual functioning.

    "I am retarded," he told Darensburg on Friday while the jury was outside the courtroom. "I keep saying that. That's why I want to take the stand (and testify). It's been following me all my life."

    Yet, testifying hours later against his attorneys' advice, Doyle told the jury he knew how to manipulate tests designed to determine mental retardation.

    "No, I'm not retarded," he testified, claiming he is "so intelligent" that he knows how to score low on IQ tests.

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    Yet, testifying hours later against his attorneys' advice, Doyle told the jury he knew how to manipulate tests designed to determine mental retardation.

    "No, I'm not retarded," he testified, claiming he is "so intelligent" that he knows how to score low on IQ tests.
    Doyle also threatened the jurors, saying, “If I had an AK-47, I’d kill every last one of y’all with no remorse.”

    What an idiot!

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