Legal Opinion
United States v. William Bell
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 17, 2016No. 14-3462, 14-3470PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted William Bell and Lenard Dixon of first-degree murder and being an accessory after the fact to the murder, respectively, in the death of a fellow inmate at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana. Each appeals the sufficiency of the evidence underlying his conviction: Bell contends in particular that the evidence is insufficient to establish that he premeditated the murder, and Dixon contends that the evidence is insufficient to establish that he aided Bell with the intent to prevent Bell from being held to account for the murder. Bell…
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