STATE v. HAMMONDS

No. 40.

224 S.E.2d 595 (1976)

290 N.C. 1

STATE of North Carolina v. Henry Frank HAMMONDS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 14, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten, Asst. Attys. Gen. Charles M. Hensey and Archie W. Anders, Raleigh, for the State.

Larry E. Harrington, Monroe, and James E. Ferguson, II, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.


MOORE, Justice.

Defendant first assigns as error the failure of the trial court to direct a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. Dr. Hinson, a private psychiatrist who examined defendant prior to trial, and Dr. Rollins, Director of Forensic Services at Dorothea Dix Hospital, where defendant was sent for pre-trial examination, testified that in their opinions defendant, as a result of mental illness and defect in reason, was not able to distinguish right from...

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