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STATE v. PACKNETT

No. 04-KA-709.

892 So.2d 615 (2004)

STATE of Louisiana v. Courtney D. PACKNETT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

December 28, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Connick, Jr., District Attorney, Twenty-Fourth Judicial District, Parish of Jefferson, Terry M. Boudreaux, Thomas J. Butler, Frank A. Brindisi, Walter G. Amstutz, Assistant District Attorneys, Gretna, Louisiana, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Bruce G. Whittaker, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellant.

Panel composed of Judges SOL GOTHARD, JAMES L. CANNELLA and CLARENCE E. McMANUS.

SOL GOTHARD, Judge.

Defendant, Courtney D. Packnett, appeals his conviction and sentence on a charge of second degree murder, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

Defendant was indicted by a Jefferson Parish grand jury for the second degree murder of Darren Tigler, and pled not guilty at arraignment. Before trial, defendant filed a motion for a sanity commission to determine his competency to stand trial. The parties stipulated...

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