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STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 64409.

375 So.2d 1379 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. James WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 8, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald M. Garrett, James S. Gravel, Alexandria, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edwin O. Ware, Dist. Atty., Edward E. Roberts, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

TATE, Justice.

The defendant Williams was convicted of armed robbery, La.R.S. 14:64, and sentenced to fifty years imprisonment at hard labor. The chief issue and only defense raised at the trial concerned whether the accused should be found "not guilty by reason of insanity" under his plea to such effect, La.C.Cr.P. art. 552(3).

On defendant's appeal, we reverse on his Assignment of Error Nos. 7, 8, 9, and 10. These...

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