NEWMAN v. STATE

45103.

258 Ga. 428 (1988)

369 S.E.2d 902

NEWMAN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackson & Schiavone, G. Terry Jackson, for appellant.

Spencer Lawton, Jr., District Attorney, John E. Morse, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, for appellee.


BELL, Justice.

The appellant, Patrick Newman, filed an interlocutory application to appeal a jury verdict finding him competent to stand trial on a murder charge. OCGA § 17-7-130. We granted the application to consider whether the trial court erred in charging the jury that a person is presumed to be sane, and whether the court erred in excluding evidence Newman offered of prior adjudications concerning his mental condition. We reverse.

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