HOLMES v. STATE

SC 2320.

342 So.2d 36 (1977)

In re Ronnie Dean HOLMES v. STATE. Ex parte Ronnie Dean Holmes.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

February 4, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Clinton Brown, Jr., Mobile, for petitioner.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen. and Jane LeCroy Robbins, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State, respondent.


BLOODWORTH, Justice.

Writ denied. In denying the writ we wish to make the following observations.

We agree with the Court of Criminal Appeals, 342 So.2d 28, that the best course is not to permit introduction of a lunacy report even in a competency hearing but that in the circumstances of this case, it was not error.

We do not wish to be understood as agreeing or disagreeing with the court's observation that...

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