STATE v. BENNETT

No. 52478.

270 So.2d 840 (1972)

264 La. 129

STATE of Louisiana v. Curtis Lee BENNETT et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 20, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Abadie, Daniel R. Atkinson and John L. Avant, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Warren E. Mouledoux, Asst. Atty. Gen., Sargent Pitcher, Jr., Dist. Atty., Frank J. Gremillion, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The defendants were convicted of distribution of marijuana and were sentenced to the Department of Corrections for five years and one day. They appeal their convictions and sentences relying on six bills of exceptions reserved and perfected during the proceedings.

In Bill of Exceptions No. 1 the defendants object to the ruling of the trial judge that the trial would be by a five-man jury rather than a twelve-man jury. La.C.Cr. P. Art. 782 provides...

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