The Louisiana Supreme Court has denied a request from convicted child killer Brian Horn to have more attorneys appointed to his case. Horn, 50, of Keachi, was convicted twice and sentenced to death twice in the 2010 death of Justin Bloxom, 12, of Stonewall.

Background

Horn’s first conviction and sentence were overturned following the first trial in 2014. He was convicted and sentenced to death a second time during his trial in July 2023. Horn’s appeal of that verdict and sentence have yet to be heard by the state Supreme Court.

Horn is also a twice-convicted sex offender. He was convicted of first-degree murder for killing Bloxom after picking him up from a friend’s house. Horn, a taxi cab driver, gained access to Bloxom’s phone number and began portraying himself as a young girl in text messages.

An execution date for Horn can’t be set until his appeals process is exhausted. The court’s denial on Thursday of his application for supervisory writ upholds DeSoto District Court Judge Amy Burford McCartney’s ruling, which denied his request for additional attorneys during the post-conviction process.

Original reporting: KTBS 3 (Shreveport) — read the source article.