STATE v. JAMES

No. 2004-KA-0878.

897 So.2d 821 (2005)

STATE of Louisiana v. Lance JAMES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 23, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eddie J. Jordan, Jr., District Attorney, Claire Adriana White, Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Sherry Watters, Louisiana Appellate Project, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant.

(Court composed of Chief Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge DENNIS R. BAGNERIS SR. and Judge DAVID S. GORBATY).


JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Chief Judge.

STATEMENT OF CASE

On November 11, 1999 the defendant, Lance James, was indicted for the first degree murder of Athumus Dunn. At his arraignment on November 15, 1999, he pled not guilty. In December, 1999, the court ordered a sanity commission, and on February 22, 2000 the court found him incompetent to proceed. However, the defendant was subsequently reevaluated, and on May 31, 2002 the court found him competent to proceed...

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