STATE v. JONES

No. 61079.

359 So.2d 95 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Genese JONES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don H. Johnson, Johnson & Johnson, Monroe, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Carl Parkerson, Dist. Atty., John R. Harrison, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


TATE, Justice.

The defendant, Mrs. Jones, was convicted of second degree murder, La.R.S. 14:30.1 (1975), and sentenced to life imprisonment. Upon her appeal, she makes seventeen assignments of error. Of these, discussion is required only as to:

(1) The assignments relating to the appointment and action of a sanity commission (Nos. 1, 2, and 3), including a contention that the mental examination (thereby required) violates the accused's constitutional rights...

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