TATE, Justice.
The defendant appeals from a conviction of forgery, La.R.S. 14:72. This offense requires that the forgery be committed with the specific intent to defraud.
The single assignment of error complains of the trial court's denial to the defendant of the right to introduce psychiatric testimony concerning his ability (or lack of it) to formulate the specific intent required as an essential element of the crime.
The defendant's only plea to...
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