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STATE v. WASHINGTON

No. 55806.

321 So.2d 763 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana v. Johnson WASHINGTON, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 1, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacques F. Bezou, New Orleans, Garon, Brener & McNeely for defendant-appellant; David E. Kendall, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., New York City, of counsel.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Melvin P. Barre, Dist. Atty., Walter L. Smith, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Norman J. Pitre, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

SANDERS, Chief Justice.

The Grand Jury of St. Charles Parish indicted Johnson Washington, Jr. for the first degree murder of James Allen Arterbury, a deputy sheriff of St. Charles Parish, in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30. Washington, represented by retained counsel, was arraigned and pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. He was granted sixty days to file preliminary pleadings.

Upon a defense motion, the court appointed a lunacy commission...

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