Legal Opinion
State v. Bell
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided July 6, 2016No. 2015-KA-1264Published
1Opinion of the Court
ROLAND L. BELSOME, Judge.
hThe defendant,. Christopher Bell, appeals his conviction and sentence for manslaughter. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the conviction and the sentence.
Siatement'of Facts
On August 26, 2011, Lionel Williams was shot and killed at East Shore Park in New Orleans. At the time of the shooting, there was a crowd of people at the park for a party. Approximately three months after the shooting, Siera Whitley met with a federal agent and gave a statement regarding what she had witnessed on the day of the shooting. At that time, Ms. Whitley identified the defendant as…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- McDonald v. City of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- State v. PigfordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2006
- State v. SheltonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
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