State v. Robinson

SANDERS, Justice.

This criminal proceeding is now before us on the state’s motion to dismiss the appeal.1 The basis for the motion is that the hills of exception were neither submitted to the trial judge nor signed before the appeal was perfected.

In 1950, the Grand Jury of Rapides Parish indicted the defendant for murder. The defendant interposed a plea of insanity. The Lunacy Commission, appointed by the court, reported that he was “presently insane.” Subsequently, the court committed the defendant to the East Louisiana State Hospital.

On May 22, 1962, the staff of the East Louisiana State…