SPELL v. STATE

44598.

120 Ga. App. 398 (1969)

170 S.E.2d 701

SPELL v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 3, 1969.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon Knox, Jr., for appellant.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Marion O. Gordon, Assistant Attorney General, William R. Childers, Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


JORDAN, Presiding Judge.

The defendant, having been indicted for murder, filed through his attorney a special plea of insanity at the time of trial, alleging that he "has not sufficient mental capacity and mind to make his defense, and to advise his counsel as to his defense, and the facts upon which it is founded to enable him to prepare and make the same." He also moved to suppress certain evidence and for the appointment of a psychiatrist to examine him. The court...

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