STATE v. DIXON

No. 62061.

365 So.2d 1310 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana v. Charles M. DIXON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Shields, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

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


DENNIS, Justice.

Defendant, Charles M. Dixon, was convicted of possession of methqualone, La.R.S. 40:967, by a six person jury, adjudged a multiple offender, and sentenced to nine years and eleven months at hard labor. Because the trial judge denied the defendant his right under the state constitution to "full voir dire examination of prospective jurors," La.Const.1974, Art. 1, § 17, the defendant's conviction and sentence must be set aside and a new trial ordered...

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