EX PARTE GORDON

86-1313.

556 So.2d 363 (1988)

Ex parte: Patricia GORDON. (Re Patricia Gordon v. State of Alabama).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

August 26, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cecil M. Matthews, Guntersville, for petitioner.

Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., and James B. Prude, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

The defendant, Patricia Gordon, appealed from a denial of her motion for a psychiatric examination. She maintains that she was at trial, and still is, incapable of "aiding or assisting" her attorney in the preparation of a defense. We reverse and remand.

Gordon was charged with theft of property in the first degree. She pleaded guilty to the theft charge following the trial court's denial of her motion for a psychiatric examination. She was convicted...

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