Legal Opinion

State v. Adams

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided May 11, 2016No. Nos. 15-613Published

1Opinion of the Court

COOKS, Judge.

JjFACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In the early morning hours of August 20, 2012, Annie Bell Adams, Edris “Eileen” Ellard, and John “Bozo” Ellard, Jr. were murdered. Shortly before 3:00 a.m,, the Catahoula Parish Sheriffs Office received a- call from Defendant, Debbie Adams, regarding a fight between Bozo and her boyfriend, Lee John Ponthieux, and shots fired from Annie Bell’s property. Responding officers reported to that address and found Annie Bell stabbed to death in her bed, and the bodies of Eileen and Bozo in the front yard near a shed. Ponthieux was not found at the scene.…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  4. State v. MussallSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1988
  5. David W. McKay v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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