VICTORY, J.
On September 3, 1998, defendants were each charged by bill of indictment with first degree murder in violation of La. R.S. 14:30. On July 11, 2001, the trial court quashed the indictment, finding: (1) that the defendants presented a prima facie case of discrimination in the selection of grand jury forepersons in violation of the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment; and (2) that former La.C.Cr.P. art. 413(C) was unconstitutional...
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