STATE v. SHARP

No. 53,443-KA.

307 So.3d 346 (2020)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee v. David Wayne SHARP, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Judgment rendered November 18, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LOUISIANA APPELLATE PROJECT, By: Meghan Harwell Bitoun , Counsel for Appellant.

JOHN FITZGERALD BELTON , Ruston, District Attorney, CLIFFORD ROYCE STRIDER, III , E. MICHAEL MAHAFFEY , Assistant District Attorneys, Counsel for Appellee.

Before PITMAN, COX, and BLEICH (Pro Tempore), JJ.


This appeal arises from the Third Judicial District Court, Union Parish, Louisiana. The defendant, David Wayne Sharp, appeals his verdict because it was rendered by a six-person jury, rather than a twelve-person jury, which he contends is in violation of his federal Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Mr. Sharp also appeals his designation...

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