Scott Allen Cooper, the man accused in the shooting death of 17-year-old Garrison Gautreaux in the early morning hours of May 16, had been previously convicted and sentenced for a murder charge.
However, a trial error and technicality caused the ruling of the case to be overturned.
According to trial transcripts, on the afternoon of Dec. 7, 1997, Cooper and a friend, Vince Moore, approached a v...