Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Torbio SANTACRUZ
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2019-05-06
Citations: 268 So. 3d 1026
Docket Number: No. 2019-KK-0328
Parties: STATE of Louisiana
v.
Torbio SANTACRUZ
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 268
Pages: 1026–1026

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Torbio SANTACRUZ
No. 2019-KK-0328
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 6, 2019
ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ORLEANS

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Writ granted. We vacate the district court's ruling to the extent it ordered defendant to appear in court for periodic visits. After conducting a contradictory hearing in accordance with La.C.Cr.P. art. 648(B)(1), the district court determined that the incompetent defendant is unlikely in the foreseeable future to be capable of standing trial. Therefore, we order the district court to either order the defendant released or remanded to the custody of the Louisiana Department of Health, in accordance with La.C.Cr.P. art. 648(B)(3).