SHEPARD v. BOWE


442 P.2d 238 (1968)

Bennie Cecil SHEPARD, Plaintiff, v. Honorable Samuel M. BOWE, Judge of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Josephine County, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided June 14, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald F. Myrick, Grants Pass, argued the cause for plaintiff. With him on the brief was Donald C. Williams, Grants Pass.

Michael S. Killoran, Dist. Atty., Grants Pass, argued the cause for defendant. With him on the briefs was Robert M. Burrows, Deputy Dist. Atty., Grants Pass.

Before PERRY, C.J., and McALLISTER, SLOAN, O'CONNELL, GOODWIN, DENECKE and HOLMAN, JJ.


Argued and Submitted on Defendant's Demurrer to Alternative Writ January 3, 1968.

DENECKE, Justice.

The issue is the extent of the pretrial psychiatric examination that a trial court can require of a defendant who has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. The criminal charge was failing to stop at the scene of an accident resulting in an injury.

The District Attorney moved for an order requiring the defendant...

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