STATE v. HAIDER

No. CR00-231.

772 So.2d 189 (2000)

STATE of Louisiana v. Thomas William HAIDER.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 11, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin E. Regan, Jr., Regan & Associates, PLC, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant, Thomas William Haider.

Michael Harson, District Attorney, Keith Stutes, Assistant District Attorney, District Attorney's Office, Courthouse Building, Lafayette, LA, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Court composed of Judge ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Judge JOHN D. SAUNDERS and Judge MARC T. AMY.


THIBODEAUX, Judge.

On August 18, 1993, the Defendant, Thomas Haider, was indicted for the first degree murder of his landlord, Presley Benoit. On August 23, 1993, the Defendant entered a plea of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. Two months later, on October 20, 1993, the Defendant filed a motion for the appointment of a sanity commission to determine his mental capacity to proceed. The court appointed the commission on October 21, 1993. At a hearing...

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