STATE v. SMITH

No. 66731.

388 So.2d 801 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Wilfred A. SMITH.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Edna Sakir Morgan, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.


PER CURIAM.

In this appeal defendant's principal contention is that he was unable to obtain a fair trial before a jury that was exhausted and frustrated after 12 hours of sequestration between jury selection and commencement of trial.

The record established that the jury was selected at 10:00 a. m., was sequestered while other cases were being tried until defendant's trial began at approximately 10:00 p. m., heard evidence until 12:30 a. m. the following morning...

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