The Advocate
March 2, 2015
A Baton Rouge man accused in the 2010 home-invasion slaying of a woman and wounding of her young daughter in Beauregard Town is intellectually disabled and cannot be executed if convicted, one of his attorneys told a state judge Friday.
Aramis Jackson, 25, is charged with first-degree murder in the Sept. 24, 2010, shooting death of Alexandra Engler, 42, and attempted first-degree murder in the shooting of her then-9-year-old daughter, Ariana, who survived despite being shot multiple times.
East Baton Rouge Parish prosecutors have said they intend to seek the death penalty, but on Friday, Jackson’s attorney David Price notified the state that a psychologist hired by the defense has concluded Jackson is intellectually disabled, formerly known as mentally retarded.