EMANUEL v. STATE

No. 53175.

412 So.2d 1187 (1982)

Charles Edward EMANUEL v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 21, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Fondren, Pascagoula, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Frankie Walton White, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.


WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

Charles Edward Emanuel was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Michelle Pino in the Circuit Court of Jackson County. Feeling aggrieved, he appeals. We affirm.

The first question which we address is whether the court erred in refusing to grant a jury hearing to the defendant on the question of his mental competency to stand trial.

The trial of a defendant, when his mind is so clouded that he...

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