about an incident that occurred when defendant was being
held in the Southwest Detention Center. On one occasion in September 1996,
defendant had refused an order to respond to the guards who were conducting a
head count. When defendant subsequently stepped out of his cell and was
handcuffed, he used profanity and challenged the guards to a fight.
       In June 1997, Correctional Officer Jerry Baker broke up an altercation
between defendant and inmate Robert Mayo in defendant’s cell at the Robert
Presley Detention Center. Mayo claimed that he had gone into defendant’s cell
after the two argued while playing basketball, and that defendant had “sucker-
punched” him in the back of the head.




                 brother, Antione Jackson (Antione), described in detail
the circumstances of defendant’s upbringing. When Antione was five and
defendant was four, their mother had moved in with a man named Alonzo.
Antione described the year during which they lived with Alonzo as “torture.”
Antione and defendant saw Alonzo beat their mother many times. Defendant tried
to defend his mother, but Alonzo would throw him across the room. Antione also
recalled numerous times when he, defendant, and their mother were forced to
accompany Alonzo on trips to steal cars. A short time after their mother moved
them out of Alonzo’s house, Alonzo came to their grandmother’s home with his
“flesh burning,” like he was “melting.” Alonzo eventually died from his burns.
       After Alonzo was out of the picture, Antione and defendant were exposed
to