State v. Jones

TATE, Justice.*

The defendant was convicted of three counts of armed robbery, La.R.S. 14:64, and *1024sentenced to 99 years on each count, sentences to run concurrently. Upon his appeal, he urges eight assignments of error.

Seven of the assignments present no reversible merit,1 and we conditionally affirm the conviction.

However, Assignment 4, for the reasons to be set forth, requires us to remand this case for proceedings to determine whether there is reasonable ground to doubt the defendant’s mental capacity to proceed and to assist counsel. La.C.Cr.P. arts. 641, 643.

Assignment 4

After the noon…