2 indicted in March 5 fatal armed robbery

Advocate staff report

August 18, 2012

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A Baton Rouge man and woman were indicted Thursday in the March 5 armed robbery and shooting death of a 25-year-old man on Columbus Dunn Drive.

An East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury charged Jordan Khari Tate, 18, 1535 N. 46th St., and Lashonda Marquis Sanford, 24, 1530 N. 46th St., with one count each of armed robbery and second-degree murder in the killing of Jeremy Stewart.

Police have said Stewart was killed during an apparent drug deal.

Stewart was found at 1:05 a.m. with gunshot wounds in a car in the 1700 block of Columbus Dunn Drive, police have said.

He was taken to a hospital, where he died.

A second-degree murder conviction carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison.

Armed robbery carries a prison term of 10 to 99 years.

The case has been assigned to state District Judge Tony Marabella.

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1) Comment by CountryAttorney - 17/08/2012

Let me get this straight...there was probable cause to indict for armed robbery, which is an enumerated felony, and there was probable cause to indict for a homicide that was the result of a shooting. In shooting death, unless the gun is accidentally discharged, or a demon suddenly possessed the shooter, (joke) there MUST exist probable cause the believe that the shooter had SPECIFIC INTENT TO KILL OR CAUSE GREAT BODILY HARM! Why the hell did the grand jury not indict for first degree murder???