Dean v. State

The appellant, Alvin Dean, was indicted for the first-degree murder of Herman “Poppy” Bellot, and for an aggravated assault on a third party. He was tried by a jury and found guilty of the lesser included offense of third-degree murder, and of aggravated assault. The jury made a specific finding that Dean possessed and discharged a firearm in causing the death of Mr. Bellot, and that he possessed a firearm during the commission of the aggravated assault. He was sentenced to prison for a term of life as an habitual felony offender for the homicide, and ten years concurrently for the aggravated…