USA - Louisiana. Death sentence overturned for 2nd time.

Death sentence overturned for 2nd time. The Louisiana Supreme Court affirmed the 2012 conviction of Robert Glen Coleman in the 2003 killing of Julian L. Brandon, Jr. but overturned the resulting death sentence because Caddo prosecutors failed to timely notify the defense during the penalty phase of the trial of their intent to use evidence of other crimes committed by Coleman. Coleman, 45, Black, was first tried, convicted and sentenced to death in 2005. His girlfriend Brandy Holmes also was tried, convicted and sentenced to death for her part in the brutal killing of 70-year-old Brandon in his home on New Year's Day. Brandon's 68-year-old wife, Alice, also was gravely injured but survived. Coleman's conviction was overturned in 2007 after the court found trial error because prosecutors discriminated against prospective jurors based on race. At issue is evidence implicating Coleman in the death of Terrance Blaze in January 2003 sometime near the killing of Brandon. Coleman was never charged in the case involving Blaze.