State v. Bell

1, Writ denied. In 2008, an East Baton Rouge Parish jury found relator, Anthony Bell, guilty of the first degree murders of his wife Erica Bell, Leonard Howard, Gloria Howard, Doloris McGrew, and Darlene Mills Selvage; and the attempted first-degree murder of his mother-in-law, Claudia Brown. For the following reasons, we find no error in the district court’s denial of post-conviction relief and we attach hereto and make a part hereof the district court’s written ruling.

At trial, the state’s evidence showed that in May of 2006, after arguing with his estranged wife, relator entered the small…