Legal Opinion
State v. Wells
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided September 14, 2016No. 2014-KA-0612PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Max N. Tobias, Jr., Judge
ItThe defendant, Tyrone Wells, appeals his conviction and sentence for second degree murder. Finding no reversible error, for the reasons that follow, we affirm his conviction and sentence.
STATEMENT OF THE CÁSE
Tyrone Wells (hereafter “Wells” or “the defendant”) was charged, by a grand jury indictment on 28 August 2003 with first degree murder, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30. He pleaded not guilty at his 3 September 2003 arraignment. Trial proceeded in March 2009; however, the jury was unable to reach a verdict and a mistrial was declared. Wells- second trial commenced…
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