STATE v. BLANSON

No. 62096.

364 So.2d 1308 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana v. Michael Tyrone BLANSON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce B. McKeithen, LaCroix & McKeithen, Monroe, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara B. Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Carl Parkerson, Dist. Atty., John R. Harrison, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

DENNIS, J. dissents and assigns reasons.

DENNIS, Justice, dissenting.

Although I agree with the majority opinion in other respects, I do not believe that this Court should slavishly follow a federal standard in deciding the degree of judicial scrutiny required by our constitution of possible racial discrimination in jury selections. It is evident that Swain v. Alabama, 380 U.S. 202

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