BATON ROUGE — Opening statements began for the trial of Ryan Sharpe , the man accused of killing former BREC Commissioner Carroll Breeden in 2017.

Sharpe was sentenced to life in prison without parole in 2024 after being convicted of the murder of Brad DeFranceschi in East Feliciana Parish that same year. He was also accused of second-degree murder for the death of Thomas Bass and the attempted murder of Buck Hornsby, both also in 2017.

The East Baton Rouge District Attorney's office hopes to convict Sharpe for the murder of Breeden, which occurred in East Baton Rouge, and is why the trial is being held at the 19th JDC.

Sharpe pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. This trial comes after two doctors deemed Sharpe mentally competent to stand trial in East Baton Roug

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