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STATE v. VAN DYKE

Nos. 03-437.

856 So.2d 187 (2003)

STATE of Louisiana v. Sigmund L. VAN DYKE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 1, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clive Adrian Stafford-Smith, Louisiana Crisis Assistance Center, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee Sigmund L. Van Dyke.

Carla Sue Sigler, Assistant District Attorney, Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant State of Louisiana.

Court composed of OSWALD A. DECUIR, MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, and ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, Judges.

PICKETT, Judge.

FACTS

In October of 1996, the defendant, Sigmund Van Dyke, was indicted for first degree murder under docket number 17068-96. The defense filed a motion to quash contending that one of the grand jurors was unqualified to serve. On May 23, 2002, the indictment was quashed on this basis. Minute entries dated December 2 and 16, 2002, indicate the state nolle prosequied the charge.

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