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STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 21122-KA.

554 So.2d 141 (1989)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Lionell WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 18, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Makar, Nachitoches, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Charles B. Bice, Dist. Atty., Winnfield, for appellee.

Before FRED W. JONES, Jr., NORRIS and HIGHTOWER, JJ.

FRED W. JONES, Jr., Judge.

The defendant, Williams, charged with one count of distribution of cocaine, La.R.S. 40:967, was tried by jury, convicted as charged by an 11-1 vote, and sentenced to the minimum term of five years at hard labor. He appealed, arguing the trial court erred by failing to declare a mistrial, by denying his request for a continuance of the hearing on his motions for a new trial, by denying those motions, by refusing to permit a juror to testify...

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