Bell v. State

The Grand Jury of Etowah County returned an indictment against the appellant, Loretta Jean Bell, charging her with the first degree murder of Walter Lee Bell by stabbing him with a knife. Appellant entered a plea of not guilty. A jury found the appellant guilty of murder in the second degree, and fixed her punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for twenty years. The trial court entered a judgment in accordance with the verdict, and appellant appeals to this Court.

The appellant was represented at all proceedings in the trial court by counsel of her choice, and is represented in this…