DOWDY v. STATE

67152.

169 Ga. App. 14 (1983)

311 S.E.2d 184

DOWDY v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied November 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Wright Jones, Randy J. Comins, for appellant.

Spencer Lawton, Jr., District Attorney, David T. Lock, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


BANKE, Judge.

Carlton Larry Dowdy appeals his conviction of aggravated sodomy and pointing a pistol at another. Held:

1. Appellant enumerates as error the trial court's failure to afford him a special jury trial on the issue of his mental competence to assist his counsel. On the morning the trial commenced, Dowdy was absent. The defense counsel informed the trial court that Dowdy "says he wants to go forward...

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