STATE v. FRANK

No. 99-903.

758 So.2d 838 (2000)

STATE of Louisiana v. Curtis J. FRANK.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 2, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. Lejeune, District Attorney, Ville Platte, LA, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Harold D. Register, Lafayette, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant.

(Court composed of Judge HENRY L. YELVERTON, Judge JIMMIE C. PETERS, Judge MARC T. AMY).


AMY, Judge.

On remand from the Louisiana Supreme Court1, the trial court held a hearing for a retroactive determination of whether the defendant was mentally competent to stand trial for second degree murder in 1994 in light of Cooper v. Oklahoma, 517 U.S. 348, 116 S.Ct. 1373, 134 L.Ed.2d 498 (1996). After a contradictory hearing, the trial court found the defendant was mentally competent at the time...

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