State v. McManus

PONDER, Justice.

The defendant applied to this court for writs of mandamus, certiorari, and prohibition to compel the district judge to grant an order to subpoena three certain mental experts to testify in his behalf at a hearing on a plea of present insanity and to prohibit the judge from proceeding further in the case until such time as the attendance of said expert witnesses can be had and paid for by the parish. The writs were granted, a rule nisi issued, and the matter was submitted for determination.

Upon examination of the record, we find that the defendant was indicted for the crime of…