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STATE v. BERTRAND

Nos. 2008-KA-2215, 2008-KA-2311.

6 So.3d 738 (2009)

STATE of Louisiana v. Shannon McBride BERTRAND. State of Louisiana v. Wilford Frederick Chretien, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 17, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Caldwell, Attorney General, John F. DeRosier, District Attorney, Cynthia Skerrett Killingsworth, Carla Sue Sigler, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellant.

Eugene Bouquet, Lake Charles, for appellee in No. 2008-KA-2215.

Jack W. Caskey, for appellee in No. 2008-KA-2311.

TAYLOR, Justice.

These consolidated matters arise from the defendants' separate constitutional challenges to Article 782 of the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure, a legislative enactment which enumerates the number of jurors who must concur to reach a verdict in a felony case in which the punishment is necessarily confinement at hard labor. The cases are before us on direct appeal pursuant to Article V, Section 5(D)(1)1, of the Louisiana...

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