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PEOPLE v. WALKER

Docket No. 77-1776.

84 Mich. App. 700 (1978)

270 N.W.2d 498

PEOPLE v. WALKER

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided July 17, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Edward Reilly Wilson, Principal Attorney, Appeals, and Anne B. Wetherholt, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Rose Mary C. Robinson, for defendant on appeal.

Before: CYNAR, P.J., and T.M. BURNS and D.C. RILEY, JJ.

D.C. RILEY, J.

This case involves an issue this Court faced in People v Parney, 74 Mich.App. 173; 253 N.W.2d 698 (1977), namely, whether a forensic social worker can give expert testimony at a court-ordered competency hearing.

Defendant Darrell Walker was charged with two counts of first-degree murder. MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548. On August 5, 1976, he moved for a competency evaluation...

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