He ripped our hearts out, and nobody will ever be able to understand that," Jernigan's mother, Lorraine Jernigan, said in court. LeRoy Jernigan, a husband and father of two, was working as a cleaning contractor at the Circus Restaurant on Wake Forest Road in Raleigh when Cooper shot him once in the early-morning hours and fled the scene in his truck. Cooper would just rot in hell," Lorraine Jernigan said outside court later Tuesday. Cooper's trial trial lasted more than a month and consisted of 52 state witnesses and 11 defense witnesses during 16 days of testimony.
It was the first in recent history in which a defendant was tried for five homicides at the same time. Timothy Barnwell's mother thanked law enforcement authorities, the court and the jury for removing "a greedy, dangerous person from the streets of our country. Her only son, a Porsche enthusiast and Star Wars memorabilia collector, was at home in his second-floor North Raleigh apartment when Cooper handcuffed, hogtied and duct-taped him and then ransacked his apartment.
Timothy Barnwell managed to jump over the balcony before Cooper shot him five times. At issue in the month-long trial was not whether Cooper committed the crimes, but whether he acted with premeditation and deliberation at the times of the shootings. Posted April 6, p. EDT Updated April 19, p. Raleigh, N. The jury deliberated for about five hours before unanimously reaching the verdict.
Cooper showed no emotion when the verdict was read. Following a sentencing hearing, which begins a. Wednesday, jurors will decide whether Cooper should get the death penalty or a life prison sentence.
Cooper, 33, was arrested Nov. Her son was at home in his second-floor North Raleigh apartment on April 27, , when Cooper handcuffed, hogtied and duct-taped him and then ransacked his apartment looking for drugs and money.
Psychiatrist testifies in Cooper murder trial A forensic psychiatrist testifying Tuesday in the capital murder trial of Samuel James Cooper said the child abuse the defendant suffered at the hands of his father was "ritualistic, sadistic and bizarre.
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