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STATE v. ELIE

No. 2005-K-1569.

936 So.2d 791 (2006)

STATE of Louisiana v. Melvin ELIE.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied September 15, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, Douglas P. Moreau, District Attorney, Kory J. Tauzin, Jeff W. Traylor, Assistant District Attorneys, for applicant.

Joseph R. Messina, for respondent.

KNOLL, Justice.

This case concerns a criminal defendant, Melvin Elie, who was indicted for second-degree murder, but convicted of manslaughter, a responsive verdict, by the jury. The court of appeal reversed the defendant's conviction and sentence on defendant's challenges of jury discrimination based on Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), and on the State's violation of discovery rules. We...

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