# State v. Bell

> Supreme Court of Louisiana · November 30, 2010 · 53 So. 3d 437

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9784263

## Case

- **Full name:** STATE of Louisiana v. Anthony BELL
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Louisiana
- **Decided:** November 30, 2010
- **Citations:** 53 So. 3d 437; 2010 La. LEXIS 2618; 2010 WL 4843890
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Clark
- **Judges:** Ciaccio, Clark
- **Cited by:** 24 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

CLARK, Justice,
additionally concurs:
|,After the district court told Bell he would forego access to public resources for experts if he self-represented, standby defense counsel remained silent on several occasions. I find it ironic that the prosecutor, and not standby defense counsel, challenged the trial court’s erroneous statement and reminded the district court there were still procedures by which Bell, an indigent defendant, could obtain funds for experts. From this circumstance one might speculate standby counsel was attempting to “build in” reversible error. I am highlighting this circumstance to caution the members of the bar against such manipulations.

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