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STATE v. BEAVERS

No. 62104.

364 So.2d 1004 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana v. Dudley Patrick BEAVERS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearings Denied December 14, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murphy W. Bell, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

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

DENNIS, Justice.

In this case we consider whether special verdicts should be submitted to the jury in a criminal trial.

Dudley Patrick Beavers was charged in a single-count bill of information with "rioting" in violation of La.R.S. 14:329.1-329.7. Defendant was tried by a jury of twelve persons on October 31-November 11, 1977. The jury returned three separate guilty verdicts: guilty of participating in a riot; guilty of participating in a riot in which the...

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