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STATE v. KENT

No. 58531.

515 S.W.2d 457 (1974)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Leo James KENT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied November 12, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Daniel P. Card, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Joseph Langworthy, Pacific, for appellant Leo James Kent.

Eugene H. Buder, St. Louis, for amicus curiae, American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Mo.

DONNELLY, Chief Justice.

On March 2, 1971, appellant was charged in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis with robbery in the first degree by means of a dangerous and deadly weapon. On April 15, 1971, at the request of appellant's counsel, the trial court ordered a psychiatric examination. The report of the psychiatric examination revealed (1) that appellant lacked capacity to understand the proceedings against him...

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