Granted. The district court is ordered to conduct a hearing pursuant to La.C.Cr.P. art. 655 to determine whether relator should be discharged. At an earlier hearing held in the district court on April 12, 1988, the court, the attorneys and the expert witness appeared to be under the misapprehension that the hearing was a pre-trial procedure conducted for the purpose of determining relator's mental capacity to proceed. In deciding whether relator should be discharged, the...
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