STATE v. BELL

Nos. KA-2329, KA-2330.

471 So.2d 277 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana v. Benjamin BELL.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

June 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Pamela S. Moran, Patricia E. Black, Asst. Dist. Attys., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee, State of La.

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Prog., New Orleans, for defendantappellant, Benjamin Bell.

Before SCHOTT, KLEES and ARMSTRONG, JJ.


KLEES, Judge.

Benjamin Bell was charged by grand jury indictment on July 31, 1980, with the second degree murder of Gail Chandler in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. One day later, he was charged by bill of information with attempted second degree murder of Mary Chandler in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:27 (30.1). In a judge trial, the court found Bell guilty as charged on both counts. On the second degree murder charge, Bell was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor...

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