Denied.
WATSON, J., concurs, particularly noting that the sanity commission is not shown to have examined defendant as to capacity at the time of the alleged offenses; he is entitled to have an expert examination on the issue since the burden of proof is on him. C.Cr.P. arts. 650 and 652. Also important is the fact that he has a history of mental problems. See Ake v. Oklahoma,
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