STATE v. STEVENSON

No. 54131.

292 So.2d 488 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana v. Noreen STEVENSON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 25, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Garrison, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellant.

John Wilson Reed, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Robert Glass, New Orleans, amicus curiae.


SANDERS, Chief Justice.

The Grand Jury of Orleans Parish indicted the defendant, Noreen Stevenson, for murder. LSA-R.S. 14:30. The defendant filed a motion to quash the general venire, the petit jury venire, and indictment on the ground that women were excluded from jury service in violation of Article 7, Section 41 of the Louisiana Constitution (1921) and the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. The trial court granted the motion to...

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