Facts of the Crime:
On November 17, 1997, shortly before 5:00 p.m., Robinson and John C. “Jack” Jackson, Jr., were each shot once inside the offices of Jack Jackson, Inc. and Fleet Boats, Inc., in Convent, Louisiana, in an apparent robbery attempt. The assailant absconded with Robinson’s wallet and a knife, and with Jackson’s wallet and some cash.
Jackson, who was shot in the back, managed to call 911 and a nearby business, Elmwood Marine Services. Jack Haskell, an employee of Elmwood Marine Services, and a friend of both Jackson and Robinson, ran to the office and attempted to render aid. Emergency personnel arrived shortly after Haskell, and began providing care to both victims. Robinson, who was shot in the head just above the left eye, was flown by helicopter to Thibodaux Regional Medical Center where he underwent emergency surgery. He died the next day. Jackson was transported by ambulance to Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge, where he was treated and released two days later.
On February 10, 1998, Ronald Williams and Juniors, were jointly indicted by a grand jury for the first-degree murder of Albert “Butch” Robinson. Pursuant to a plea agreement with the State whereby he also agreed to testify against Juniors, Williams pled guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. Defendant was tried before a St. James Parish jury. Following the close of evidence, the jury found defendant guilty as charged and, at the conclusion of the penalty phase of the trial, recommended a sentence of death by lethal injection.
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