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STATE v. THOMPSON

No. 82-KA-0728.

429 So.2d 862 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. Tommy Wayne THOMPSON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 4, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., Kay Kirkpatrick, Bob Hester, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

David Price, New Orleans, David Randall Buckley, Baton Rouge, The Office of the Public Defender, for defendant-appellant.

LEMMON, Justice.

This is an appeal from convictions of attempted first degree murder and armed robbery and consecutive sentences of 45 and 30 years imprisonment at hard labor. The principal issues involve defendant's mental competency to stand trial, his mental condition at the time of his confession, and the burden of establishing insanity at the time of the offense. Other assignments of error are sequestration violation and excessive sentence.

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