STATE v. MONROE

No. 56419.

329 So.2d 193 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Arthur J. MONROE, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion November 24, 1975.

On Rehearing March 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilfret R. McKee, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


TATE, Justice.

The defendant Monroe was convicted of armed robbery, La.R.S. 14:64, and sentenced to twenty years at hard labor.

Reversible error is presented by bills of exception numbers one and two. They relate to a substantial curtailment of voir dire examination of prospective jurors by the defense. As will be noted, voir dire examination is an important trial right given to both the state and the defendant to...

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