STATE v. MYERS

No. 88-966.

460 N.W.2d 458 (1990)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Yvette Marie MYERS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond E. Rogers, Appellate Defender, and Andi S. Lipman and Barbara M. Anderson, Asst. Appellate Defenders, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Ann E. Brenden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver Dillard, County Atty., and Jon Hammond, Asst. County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LARSON, SCHULTZ, and CARTER, JJ.


CARTER, Justice.

Defendant, Yvette Marie Myers, appeals from a conviction of second-degree murder, contending that a hearing should have been held on her competency to stand trial. The court of appeals, on a four-to-two vote, found that information which came to the trial court's attention during the trial raised serious questions concerning defendant's competency. Based on this finding, that court concluded that the trial court erred in not ordering a competency...

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