STATE v. SERRANO

No. 90-KA-110.

563 So.2d 538 (1990)

STATE of Louisiana v. Fernando E. SERRANO.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

June 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha E. Sassone, Staff Appellate Counsel, 24th Judicial Dist. Indigent Defender Bd., Gretna, for appellant.

John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., 24th Judicial Dist., Dorothy A. Pendergast, Asst. Dist. Atty., Gretna, for appellee.

Before CHEHARDY, C.J., and GAUDIN and GOTHARD, JJ.


CHEHARDY, Chief Judge.

On August 24, 1984, Fernando E. Serrano was charged by grand jury indictment with aggravated rape (LSA-R.S. 14:42) and attempted first degree murder (LSA-R.S. 14:27:30). At the arraignment on August 29, 1984, he entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. Following a sanity hearing on September 20, 1984, the defendant was found mentally competent to stand trial and to assist counsel in his own defense.

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