A state appellate court has upheld the convictions and sentences of three defendants who stood trial in 9th District Court in Alexandria.
A panel of 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal judges ruled recently that Harold Dewayne Baylor Sr., 47, was mentally capable when he stood trial in 2006 for attempted carjacking and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
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Multiple hearings and appeals later, the 3rd Circuit ruled on May 30 “that the defendant had not shown any reasonable probability of a mental defect that rendered him incapable of proceeding to trial,” the Rapides Parish District Attorney’s Office said in a release.
The 3rd Circuit reaffirmed the sentence and conviction in the case prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Numa Metoyer.
In the case of Chad Tyrone Williams, 38, from Alexandria, 3rd Circuit judges upheld a 20-year sentence that was enhanced from five years after Williams was deemed a habitual offender.
Williams cited “numerous errors” in the trial, including claiming his defense attorney was ineffective.
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Taurean Jackson’s arguments too have been rejected by the 3rd Circuit. Jackson, 26 , of Alexandria, was found guilty of felony theft and designated a Project 50 defendant.
Project 50 defendants are those who have prior criminal convictions and who prosecutors believe are a continuing danger to the community. Prosecutors and the courts expedite the cases of Project 50 defendants.
After a jury found Jackson guilty of felony theft, the court imposed a five-year sentence. The district attorney then charged Jackson with being a habitual offender, which required a second trial.
After that trial, Jackson’s sentence was lengthened to 30 years, which he appealed but the 3rd Circuit upheld.
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