State v. Augustine
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
BARHAM, Justice.
This is an 'appeal by Alex J. Augustine from his conviction and sentence to death for murder. The crime was committed in November, 1962, and Augustine was tried and convicted a year later. More than four years elapsed after conviction before this' appeal was lodged with us.
A lunacy commission acting under an order dated January 28, 1963, failed to reach' a conclusion as to the defendant’s present insanity, and another commission appointed in March reported the defendant, to be presently sane. On October 9, 1963, counsel for the defendant applied for a lunacy commission to…
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2Cases cited19 opinions
- Cassell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Akins v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Hoyt v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- State v. GunterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
- State v. GennaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
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3Cited by48 opinions
- State v. BennettSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
- State v. ReavesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- State v. ComeauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1987
- State v. HardemanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
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