STATE v. AUGUSTINE

No. 48826.

215 So.2d 634 (1968)

252 La. 983

STATE of Louisiana v. Alex J. AUGUSTINE.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 12, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene N. Scallan, Marksville, for defendant-appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., William P. Schuler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles A. Riddle, Jr., Dist. Atty., John A. Boatner, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.


BARHAM, Justice.

This is an appeal by Alex J. Augustine from his conviction and sentence to death for murder. The crime was committed in November, 1962, and Augustine was tried and convicted a year later. More than four years elapsed after conviction before this appeal was lodged with us.

A lunacy commission acting under an order dated January 28, 1963, failed to reach a conclusion as to the defendant's present insanity, and another commission appointed in...

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