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THOMPSON v. STATE

SC 1896.

364 So.2d 682 (1977)

In re Peggy Jean THOMPSON v. STATE of Alabama. Ex parte STATE of Alabama ex rel. ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 6, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and G. Daniel Evans, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State, petitioner.

Richard A. Kempaner, Huntsville, for respondent.

EMBRY, Justice.

WRIT QUASHED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

By quashing the writ in this case we wish to be clearly understood as not approving the statement in the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeal's opinion:

"When the neurosurgeon gave his opinion as to Mrs. Thompson's loss of memory, presumptively —in the peculiar facts of this case —it became apparent that she was incompetent to stand trial because she had lost (with or without...

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