STATE v. SMITH

No. 57326.

332 So.2d 459 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ronald SMITH.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 17, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard E. Fulghum, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

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


DIXON, Justice.

The defendant Ronald Smith was charged by bill of information with the crime of armed robbery, in violation of R.S. 14:64. He was convicted in a jury trial on January 17, 1975 and subsequently sentenced to forty years imprisonment. On appeal he relies on one assignment of error.

The defendant contends that he was tried and convicted by a jury whose make-up was unconstitutional because it did not include a fair representation of women. The defendant...

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