Louisiana serial killer 1930s7/20/2023 ![]() Around eleven, twelve, thirteen years old. Uh, he had started talking about he had screwed several other young girls.Ī. The following excerpts from defendant's tape-recorded confession, given on Augwhile he was in custody in Florida on unrelated charges, vividly relate the events surrounding the murder:Ī. Defendant had been drinking alcohol during the trip, and he continued drinking with Phillips as they drove into New Orleans. After they entered Louisiana, defendant stopped to pick up an acquaintance, Billy Phillips, who was hitchhiking on the highway. This tragic episode began when defendant, accompanied by his girlfriend, Judith Walters, and Walters' fourteen-year old daughter, Sheila, drove from their residence in Milton, Florida to Louisiana, where defendant had lived most of his life. ![]() These proceedings arose out of the Jabduction, rape and murder of eight-year old Nichole Lopatta. The principal issues on appeal involve (1) the admission of hearsay testimony by a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent relating to his interview with defendant's girlfriend and the girlfriend's daughter, who were witnesses to the murder and did not testify at trial (2) the admission of pretrial identification testimony *1324 by a fast food store employee without requiring her to identify defendant at trial as the person she saw in the area on the night of the murder (3) the denial of a mid-trial request for a recess to secure the presence of two witnesses (4) the invalidity of an aggravating circumstance found by the jury (5) requiring defendant's girlfriend's daughter to plead the privilege against self incrimination before the jury and (6) the actual conflict of interest between defendant and his trial attorney. This is an appeal from a conviction of first degree murder and a sentence of death. Fawer, Denise LeBoeuf, New Orleans, for appellant. Atty., Thomas Daley, George Ann Hayne Grougnard, Asst.
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