Trial
Sawyer and Lane were indicted for first degree murder by the Jefferson Parish Grand Jury. Lane was tried first and sentenced to life imprisonment. Sawyer was convicted by a unanimous jury, which then proceeded to sentence defendant to death. At the sentencing hearing, the prosecution offered evidence that Sawyer had a previous conviction for involuntary manslaughter in Arkansas.
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