Berry v. Louisiana

How later courts describe this case

• defendant fatally shot a law enforcement officer during a bank robbery with 12 other people nearby
• where the Louisiana Supreme Court held that a peace officer in uniform while working a paid security detail protects citizenry and prevents or deters violent crime is performing his lawful duty for purposes of La. R.S. 14:30(A)(2
• execution-style murder of unarmed robbery victim
• “Unless the [court’s] refusal to ask a question amounts to a denial of due process or otherwise impinges upon the right to a fair and impartial jury ... a trial court [may] use its discretion in determining whether to ask questions proposed by either the Commonwealth or the defendant”