STATE v. WALKER

No. 54371.

296 So.2d 285 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Clarence Benny WALKER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 10, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry F. Viosca, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.


TATE, Justice.

The defendant was charged with attempted murder, La.R.S. 14:27, 14:30, convicted of attempted manslaughter, La.R.S. 14:27, 14:31, and sentenced to ten years at hard labor.

On his appeal, he relies upon two bills: one taken to a denial of a defense motion made at the close of the state's case for the court to appoint a psychiatrist to testify for the indigent defendant; the other taken to a denial of a motion for a new trial, essentially based...

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