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STATE v. CHAPMAN

No. K86-416.

495 So.2d 1001 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jarvis Dale CHAPMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 23, 1986.

Writ Denied December 19, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendell R. Miller, Dist. Atty., Jennings, for defendant-appellant.

Charles L. Bull, Jr., Welsh, Stewart Thomas, Thomas & Cassidy, Jennings, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, GUIDRY and YELVERTON, JJ.

YELVERTON, Judge.

We granted the state's application for writs to review whether the trial court was correct in dismissing this second degree murder prosecution for the failure of the state to commence the second trial within one year from the date a new trial was granted.

The defendant, Chapman, was indicted (prosecution instituted) October 19, 1981, for the second degree murder of Reverend W.O. Bowman. He pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity...

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