CLARK, Judge.
The defendant assigns as error the ruling of the trial court that the defendant was mentally competent to stand trial and the ruling of the court that this determination be made by the trial judge rather than the jury.
A defendant's mental capacity to plead to a bill of indictment and to aid in the preparation and conduct of his defense is a preliminary question to be decided by the trial judge prior to the trial and in the absence of prospective...
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