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STATE v. McFALL

No. 84-KA-261.

464 So.2d 845 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana v. Roy McFALL.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

February 11, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha E. Sassone, Staff Appellate Counsel, Indigent Defender Board, Gretna, for defendant-appellant.

John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Mel Zeno, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dorothy A. Pendergast, Asst. Dist. Atty., Gretna, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BOWES, GAUDIN and GRISBAUM, JJ.

GAUDIN, Judge.

Roy McFall was convicted of first degree murder by a 12-person jury in the 24th Judicial District Court and sentenced to life imprisonment.

The main thrust of his appeal is that the jury was improperly and unconstitutionally selected, and he cites Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U.S. 510, 88 S.Ct. 1770, 20 L.Ed.2d 776 (1968).

Specifically, McFall contends that two jurors should not have been excused...

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