STATE v. COLLINS

No. 64779.

381 So.2d 449 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Paul J. COLLINS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., W. C. Douglas Friederichsen, Abbott J. Reeves, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiffs-respondents.

George C. Ehmig, Gretna, for defendant-relator.


DIXON, Justice.*

The relator was found not guilty of a crime by reason of insanity and committed to a mental institution. There was subsequently a remission of his mental disease, accomplished through the continued administration of drugs. Writs were granted to consider whether relator's "synthetic sanity" required his release from the mental institution.

The facts are not in dispute. Collins was charged with attempted armed robbery...

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