STATE v. HOLMES

No. 67360.

393 So.2d 670 (1981)

STATE of Louisiana v. Freddie HOLMES.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., Kay Kirkpatrick, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

M. Michele Fournet, Asst. Public Defender, for defendant-appellant.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

Defendant was convicted of armed robbery and two counts of attempted armed robbery, violations of R.S. 14:64 and R.S. 14:27. On this appeal, it is argued that defendant did not have the capacity to stand trial, and that the case should be remanded to initiate another sanity commission.

The defendant requested the district court to appoint a sanity commission prior to trial. C.Cr.P. 642. Two licensed physicians examined defendant. One...

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