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STATE v. MELANCON

No. CR 89-1150.

563 So.2d 913 (1990)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Linston MELANCON, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 25, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Lyle DeBellevue, Crowley, for defendant-appellant.

Glennon P. Everett, Asst. Dist. Atty., Crowley, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LABORDE, KNOLL and KING, JJ.

KNOLL, Judge.

Defendant, Linston Melancon, seeks a reversal of his conviction for armed robbery contending the trial court erred in not granting his motion to quash the petit jury venire because the venire did not contain a representative percentage of black potential jurors.

Defendant, a black male, was found guilty by an all white jury. He was sentenced to 20 years at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

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