State v. Kelly

HAMLIN, Justice.

The defendant, James Kelly, together with three other defendants, Earl Sims, Freddie Scott, and Harold Martin, was charged by bill of information with attempted murder, 1 a crime prohibited by LSA-R.S. 14:27. On motion of defendant Kelly, a severance of his case from that of Harold Martin was. granted. On motion of the State of Louisiana, the lower court granted a severance of the case of James Kelly and Freddie Scott from that of Harold Martin and Earl Sims. Kelly and Scott were tried, found guilty, and each sentenced to serve twenty years at hard labor in the Louisiana State…