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STATE v. RHODES

No. 59559.

351 So.2d 103 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Edward L. RHODES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 10, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alton T. Moran, Director, Vincent Wilkins, Jr., Appellate Counsel, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., Frank J. Saia, Marilyn C. Castle, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

TATE, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of attempted aggravated escape, La.R.S. 14:27, 14:110B, and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment at hard labor. Upon his appeal, he raises two issues.

First, he contends: The state used its peremptory challenges to excuse prospective black petit jurors, thus allegedly depriving this black defendant of a jury drawn from a fair cross-section of the population.

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