STATE v. THOMAS

No. 104.

240 S.E.2d 426 (1978)

294 N.C. 105

STATE of North Carolina v. Johnny Lowell THOMAS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. James E. Magner, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

Stephen G. Royster, Mount Airy, for defendant-appellant.


MOORE, Justice.

Defendant's first assignment of error is based on the contention that the trial judge erred in denying his motion for continuance for purposes of obtaining further psychiatric examination to determine his sanity.

Defendant was arrested on 4 October 1976. On 26 October 1976 counsel for defendant filed a motion requesting that defendant be committed to Dorothea Dix Hospital for evaluation to determine defendant's capacity to proceed to trial...

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