STATE v. WILSON

No. 88-KA-1704.

581 So.2d 394 (1991)

STATE of Louisiana v. Nelson WILSON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 31, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Jack Peebles, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and LOBRANO and PLOTKIN, JJ.


SCHOTT, Chief Judge.

Defendant was convicted of first degree murder of Gloria Sargent and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The issue is whether the jury erred in failing to find defendant not guilty by reason of insanity.

On Sunday morning, September 20, 1987, defendant was apprehended after he had repeatedly shot Alvin Sargent and stabbed his wife, Gloria, to death. The officers had chased after defendant's speeding car suspecting him of purse snatching...

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