STATE v. PATTY


563 S.W.2d 911 (1977)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellant, v. Robert PATTY, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

Certiorari Denied April 17, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brooks McLemore, Jr., Atty. Gen., Linda Ross Butts, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, B. Rex McGee, Randall E. Nichols, Asst. Dist. Attys. Gen., Knoxville, for appellant.

Ray E. Cate, Knoxville, for appellee.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court April 17, 1978.

OPINION

WALKER, Judge.

The state appeals from the order of the trial judge overruling its motion for further psychiatric examination of the appellee, Robert Patty, and from the trial judge's subsequent determination that Patty is incompetent to stand trial. The question presented by the sole assignment of error is whether or not the trial judge abused his discretion by refusing to order further examination...

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