MOTES v. STATE

43951.

256 Ga. 831 (1987)

353 S.E.2d 348

MOTES v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied March 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cowart & Varner, Edwin S. Varner, Jr., Keith H. Salmon, for appellant.

G. Theron Finlayson, District Attorney, George R. Christian, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Eddie Snelling, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


SMITH, Justice.

A Houston County grand jury indicted the appellant, Janice Motes, for murder, felony murder, and aggravated assault. A string of events culminated in a trial court order forbidding Motes from raising the affirmative defense of insanity at trial. We granted Motes' application for an interlocutory appeal to consider the following questions:

"(1) Whether the defendant has, in reliance on her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, refused...

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