Legal Opinion

State v. Bell

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided December 8, 1975No. 56524PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

324 So.2d 451 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee,

v.

Leroy BELL, Appellant.

No. 56524.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 8, 1975.

Edward G. Koch, Jr., New Orleans, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

TATE, Justice.

The single issue raised by this appeal is the validity of an enhanced sentence imposed upon the defendant Bell as a second offender, as authorized by La.R.S. 15:529.1, our multiple (habitual) offender law.

The defendant was convicted in September, 1974, of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Loper v. BetoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. State Ex Rel. Williams v. HendersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
  3. State v. McQueenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. State v. AllenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1977
  2. State v. BroussardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  3. State v. NolanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1987
  4. State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  5. State v. PattersonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1984

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