STATE v. CHAPIN

No. 80-648.

67 Ohio St. 2d 437 (1981)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT AND CROSS-APPELLEE, v. CHAPIN, APPELLEE AND CROSS-APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 5, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert A. Jones, prosecuting attorney, and Mr. Jeffrey S. Schwartz, for appellant and cross-appellee.

Mr. J. Tullis Rogers and Ms. Jill E. Stone, for appellee and cross-appellant.


LOCHER, J.

I.

Appellant, in its proposition of law, asserts that "[w]here the issue of the defendant's [appellee's] competency to stand trial is raised after the trial has begun, the court shall hold a hearing on the issue only for good cause shown." (Emphasis sic.) Stated otherwise, the issue presented herein is whether defense counsel's sole and unsupported suggestion of incompetency after the commencement of trial, taken together...

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