STATE v. SMITH

No. KA-2580.

477 So.2d 875 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana v. Alexanda M. SMITH.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

October 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Roe, Belle Chasse, for defendant-appellant.

William Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., New Orleans, State of Louisiana.

Leander H. Perez, Jr., Dist. Atty., Point a la Hache, Gilbert V. Andry, III, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for State.

Before SCHOTT, KLEES and BYRNES, JJ.


BYRNES, Judge.

On April 7, 1983 Alexanda M. Smith was charged, by grand jury indictment, with attempted first degree murder in violation of R.S. 14:27, 30. A lunacy commission appointed by the trial judge reported on September 3, 1982 that Smith was insane and unable to proceed to trial. He was committed to a forensic institution until June 3, 1983, at which time he was found to be sane by the same lunacy commission. Smith was arraigned on August 8, 1983 and plead...

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