PRICE, Justice Ad Hoc.
Remedial writs were granted in this case to review the trial court's denial of a motion to appoint a sanity commission made by a person arrested and detained in Louisiana pending extradition to Texas. The issue presented is the extent to which the alleged mental incapacity of the accused is relevant to the extradition proceedings in Louisiana, the asylum state.
On October 10, 1980, the relator herein, David...
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