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STATE v. MOORE

No. 616A86.

364 S.E.2d 648 (1988)

321 N.C. 327

STATE of North Carolina v. Billy Kevin MOORE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 3, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen., by Norma S. Harrell, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Elizabeth G. McCrodden, Associate Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.

EXUM, Chief Justice.

The questions presented by this appeal are whether the hearing courts erred when they denied defendant's pre-trial motions for the appointment of a psychiatrist and fingerprint expert to assist in the preparation and presentation of his defense. We hold that the hearing courts erred with regard to both motions and order a new trial on this account.

I.

On 7 January 1986, the Gaston...

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