STATE v. GRAVES

No. 47554.

174 So.2d 118 (1965)

247 La. 683

STATE of Louisiana v. Alvin GRAVES.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied May 3, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gravel, Sheffield & D'Angelo, James S. Gravel, Alexandria, for defendant-appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., F. Jean Pharis, Dist. Atty., Jules L. Davidson, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.


SUMMERS, Justice.

Appellant Alvin Graves was adjudged a fourth offender under LSA-R.S. 15:529.1 and was sentenced to twenty years in the State Penitentiary.

His sole reliance on this appeal is alleged error committed by the trial judge in denying his motion to appoint a lunacy commission to inquire into his assertion that he was presently insane.

The motion filed by his attorney alleges that counsel had good...

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