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The trial of a man accused of killing three, including two children, in Lockport has been delayed until next year.
Lafourche Parish Assistant District Attorney Kristine Russell told Tri-Parish Times that the trial of David Brown has been delayed until April 20, 2015. The trial was initially slated to begin in two weeks.
Russell cited issues and the defense requesting time to get things done as the reason for the delay. No more specifics were provided.
If the defense chooses to file any motions, they will be heard Oct. 13, and the status hearing is booked for Nov. 21, according to Russell.
Brown, 36, faces a potential death penalty if he is convicted of killing 29-year-old Jacquelin Nieves and her daughters 7-year-old Gabriela and 20-month-old Izabela in their Lockport apartment Nov 4, 2012.
Law enforcement officials say Brown stabbed the three to death in the apartment before setting in on fire. They also say Brown sexually assaulted the mother and the eldest daughter.
No. 7 Triple killer sentenced to die by jury
A Lafourche Parish jury sentenced a Houma killer to death Nov. 1 for taking the live of a woman her two little girls in 2012.
David Brown, 38, was convicted of murdering 29-year-old Jacquelin Nieves, her 7-year-old daughter and her daughters, 7-year-old Gabriela and 1-year-old Izabela.
Brown sexually assaulted the mother and the 7-year-old; all three were stabbed to death and Brown then set the family’s Lockport apartment afire.
“Justice was done,” said District Attorney Cam Morvant, who prosecuted the case.
New Orleans attorney Kerry Cuccia, who mounted a vigorous defense during the fact-finding portion of Brown’s trial, expressed disappointment with the outcome. During the penalty phase of the trial, Brown opted to represent himself.
Long-standing law has required that juries must first decide whether first-degree murder has been committed before separately deciding the question of whether a defendant should live or die.
The Brown case marke the first time in four decades that a death penalty has been imposed in Lafourche Parish.
