Legal Opinion

State v. Bell

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided April 19, 1989No. CR88-827PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

543 So.2d 1013 (1989)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Charlie BELL.

No. CR88-827.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 19, 1989.

J.P. Mauffray, Jr., Jena, for defendant-appellant.

Dan B. Cornett, Dist. Atty., Jena, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GUIDRY, STOKER and KING, JJ.

GUIDRY, Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Charlie Bell, was indicted by a grand jury on July 17, 1987 for the second degree murder of his wife, Evelyn Bell, a violation of La.R.S. 14:30.1. Defendant entered a plea of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. Thereafter, a sanity commission was appointed and at a sanity hearing…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Hopper v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. State v. DavidSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  4. State v. RivesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  5. State v. NelsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. BrownLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2007
  2. State v. CampbellLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
  3. State v. SmithLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
  4. State v. BourqueLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1994
  5. State v. ThamesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1996

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