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State v. Hampton

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 20, 1969No. 49505PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SANDERS, Justice.

The question posed by this criminal prosecution is a recurring one: Is a defendant whose mental capability is maintained only through the use of a prescribed medication competent to stand trial? We hold that he is.

The District Attorney of Orleans Parish charged Eunice Hampton with the attempted murder of her infant daughter. The court appointed a sanity commission to inquire into her present sanity, or competency to stand trial. After a hearing, at which the commission members testified that the defendant was suffering from chronic paranoid schizophrenia, the court ruled she…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State v. AugustineSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1968
  2. State v. GennaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
  3. State v. ChinnSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
  4. State v. RogersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1961
  5. State v. SwailsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. State v. PotterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974
  2. State v. DeAngelisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
  3. State v. GarciaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
  4. Rickman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1997
  5. State v. JojolaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1976

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