Legal Opinion

State v. Ridgway

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 27, 1933No. 32492PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROGERS, Justice.

Willie Ridgway, the defendant, appeals from his conviction and sentence for the crime of burglary. Defendant’s complaint is that 'the trial judge overruled his plea of present insanity and refused to appoint a commission of experts to determine his mental condition. Defendant’s plea, accompanied by affidavits of his mother ahd his aunt, was filed on the day of trial. The trial judge assigns as his reason for overruling the plea and declining to appoint experts to examine defend■ant: “That no evidence was submitted or offered which would cause the court to believe defendant…

2Cited by15 opinions

  1. State v. GunterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
  2. State v. BessarSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1948
  3. State v. LuquetteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
  4. State v. MesserSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
  5. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954

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