STATE v. SWAILS

No. 41793.

76 So.2d 523 (1954)

226 La. 441

STATE of Louisiana v. Roy C. SWAILS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred S. LeBlanc, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edwin L. Blewer, Dist. Atty., Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellee.

Wellborn Jack, John E. Lawhon, James T. Jeter, Jack C. Wimbish, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.


McCALEB, Justice.

Appellant shot and killed Arlene Johnson Brown, a tenant in his apartment house in Shreveport, and was indicted for her murder. After his plea of present insanity and insanity at the time of the crime, the court appointed a sanity commission, which conducted an examination and reported that, in its opinion, appellant was presently (April 24, 1952) insane and had also been insane at the time of the commission...

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