State v. Miller

THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.

Defendant Edwin Albert Miller was charged with one count of stalking, second offense, a violation of La.R.S. 14:40.2(4). After a twelve-person jury unanimously found him guilty of the offense, he was sentenced to twenty years at hard labor without the benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence, with credit for time served. On appeal, Defendant asserts that his defense counsel's failure to object to the impaneling of a twelve-person jury in the trial of a six-person-jury offense constitutes a claim for ineffective assistance of counsel, and thus requires a…