Legal Opinion
State v. Bernard
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 3, 2015No. 2014-KA-0580PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge TERRI F. LOVE.
|! Felton Bernard (“Defendant”) appeals his conviction and sentence for four counts of first degree murder in violation of La. R.S. 14:30. The Defendant assigns as errors that (1) the evidence is insufficient to prove he murdered Lionell and Leon Mis-kell; (2) the State failed to establish the scientific basis for the firearms evidence presented at trial, and consequently, the evidence is insufficient to connect him to the murders of Diane Miskell and John Robinson; (3) the non-unanimous jury verdicts are unconstitutional; and (4) the sentences are excessive. We find the…
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