WHIPPLE, Judge.
The defendant, Van B. Voelkel, was charged by grand jury indictment with distribution of marijuana, a violation of LSA-R.S. 40:966 A. He pled not guilty and, after trial by jury, was found guilty as charged. He received a sentence of twelve years at hard labor. On appeal, defendant urges in his sole assignment of error that the trial court erred in failing to have the jurors sworn together as a group.
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