Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Daniel J. JONES
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2004-09-24
Citations: 888 So. 2d 885
Docket Number: No. 2003 KA 1345
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Daniel J. JONES.
Judges: Before: CARTER, C.J., FOIL, WHIPPLE, PARRO, FITZSIMMONS, KUHN, GUIDRY, PETTIGREW, DOWNING, GAIDRY, McDONALD, and McClendon, jj.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 888
Pages: 885–899

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Daniel J. JONES.
No. 2003 KA 1345.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.
Sept. 24, 2004.
Rehearing Denied Dec. 28, 2004.
Walter P. Reed, District Attorney, Parish of St. Tammany, Covington, Dorothy Pendergast, Metairie, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee State of Louisiana.
John W. Lindner, II, Appellate Attorney, Coving-ton, Counsel for DefendaniyAp-pellant Daniel J. Jones.
Before: CARTER, C.J., FOIL, WHIPPLE, PARRO, FITZSIMMONS, KUHN, GUIDRY, PETTIGREW, DOWNING, GAIDRY, McDONALD, and McClendon, jj.
Carter, C.J, and Whipple, Downing, Pettigrew, and Guidry, JL, would grant the rehearing.

Opinion:
|2PER curiam.
This court has considered the appeal of defendant-appellant, Daniel Jones, en banc, and all twelve of the judges of this court have participated. Louisiana Constitution Art. V, § 8B requires that "[a] majority of the judges sitting in a case must concur to render judgment." Since six of the twelve judges agree to the affirmance of the conviction while six would reverse, there is no majority concurring to render judgment in this case. Accordingly, the judgment of conviction and the sentence stand.
CONVICTION AND SENTENCE STAND.
KUHN, PARRO, GAIDRY, and Mc-DONALD, JJ, concur and assign reasons.
McCLENDON, J., concurs and assigns reasons by J. MICHAEL McDONALD, J.
GUIDRY, J., dissents and would reverse the conviction.
WHIPPLE, J., dissents and assigns reasons, joined by CARTER, C.J., and DOWNING, J.
PETTIGREW, J., dissents and assigns reasons.