State v. Thompson

GAUTHIER, Justice Ad Hoc.

The relator herein, Calvin Charles Thompson, was charged with two counts of armed robbery and was found not guilty by reasons of insanity on July 19, 1977. The defendant was then found, at a show cause hearing, to be a menace to himself and to society, and the trial court ordered him committed to East Louisiana State Mental Hospital (ELSH) for six months after which time a report and re-evaluation were to be made. La.C.Cr.P. Art. 654.

On May 5, 1978, after a re-evaluation and reexamination by a lunacy commission, the Court found the defendant no longer a menace to…