Legal Opinion
State v. Vaurigaud
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 12, 1997No. 96-KA-807PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
|2DALEY, Judge.
The defendant, Darrell D. Varigaud1, was charged with attempted second degree murder in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:27 and 14:30.1. On February 15, 1990, the trial court conducted a sanity hearing finding that the defendant lacked the mental capacity to proceed to trial and ordered that the defendant be “civilly committed” to the custody of the Department of Health and Human Resources. Thereafter, a subsequent sanity commission was appointed and a sanity hearing held on February 16, 1995 wherein the court found that the defendant was mentally competent to proceed to trial. The…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- State v. MimsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- State v. DixonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
- State v. GreerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
- State v. BradhamLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1994
- State v. DeakleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- State v. HarrisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2013