Bell v. State

Claude Bell appeals from his convictions and sentences, entered following guilty verdicts on three counts of aggravated assault with a firearm, two counts of robbery with a firearm and one count of attempted robbery with a firearm. The only argument on appeal is that the aggravated assault convictions violate double jeopardy because they are subsumed within the robbery convictions. Although all of the counts arose from a single criminal act— robbing three victims at gunpoint — the aggravated assault with a firearm counts do not violate double jeopardy because they contain different elements…