STATE v. WOODS

No. 100.

235 S.E.2d 47 (1977)

293 N.C. 58

STATE of North Carolina v. Willie Lee WOODS, a/k/a Ajaba X.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 13, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by Guy A. Hamlin and Alfred N. Salley, Asst. Attys. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Dennis T. O'Madigan, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellant.


EXUM, Justice.

Defendant was tried and convicted of first degree murder upon a proper bill of indictment. He was sentenced to death.

Other than a meritorious challenge to the death penalty, defendant presents three questions on appeal challenging the correctness of the trial court's rulings in: (1) denying defendant's motions for commitment and examination by a psychiatrist to determine his capacity to stand trial...

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