Bartlett v. State

The appellant was indicted for the murder of Earl Ray McCrory, the murder of Philip Frazier Mills Jr., the first degree assault of James Edward Mills, and the first degree assault of Leon Wayne Mills, The State filed a motion to consolidate the four charges for trial, and the motion was granted. The appellant was convicted of all four offenses and was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment in each case. The sentences were ordered to run concurrently in all cases.

The record indicates that, on February 3, 1989, James Mills, who was 17 years old, had gone with his family to a Mardi Gras parade in…