No. 61242 Precedential Set aside Processed

State v. Chapman

Louisiana Supreme Court · Filed January 20, 1978 · 353 So. 2d 1338

Opinion text

In re: Steve Chapman applying for remedial writs. Parish of Orleans. *1339 Writ granted. Relator’s sentence is vacated and set aside. The case is remanded to the trial judge to appoint a sanity commission in accordance with La.Code of Crim. Procedure, Art. 650 et seq. with reference to relator’s mental capacity to proceed. SANDERS, C. J., and SUMMERS, J., dissent from the granting of the writ.