STATE v. MARTINEZ-SANCHEZ

No. 89-K-2341.

554 So.2d 1236 (1990)

STATE of Louisiana v. Manuel MARTINEZ-SANCHEZ, Stanley J. Jones and Roberto Morales.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 12, 1990.


Granted. Reversed and remanded. The judgment of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal is reversed. 550 So.2d 232. Because the first prospective juror had not been called for voir dire examination at the time the trial judge made his inadvertent remarks, the mandatory provisions of La.C. Cr.P. art. 770(2) did not require a mistrial. The remarks were otherwise not so prejudicial that they deprived the defendants of a fair trial. La.C.Cr.P. art...

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