State v. Haynes

HAMITER, Justice.

On February 21, 1967 Benjamin Haynes, the defendant herein, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of manslaughter. Thereafter, he was sentenced to ten years at hard labor in the State Penitentiary.

The sentence of the accused was suspended, however, and he was placed on probation under the supervision of the Department of Institutions’ for five years and on unsupervised probation for five years. The suspension was conditioned upon the special provisions of Article 895 of the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure, his receiving psychiatric care when needed, and his not…