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STATE v. BALLARD

No. 255A92.

428 S.E.2d 178 (1993)

333 N.C. 515

STATE of North Carolina v. Lonnie Winslow BALLARD.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 8, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Easley, Atty. Gen. by Jeffrey P. Gray, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender by Janine Crawley, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.

WHICHARD, Justice.

Defendant was tried in a noncapital trial for murder in the first degree of Marlon Branch. The trial court denied defendant's motion that he be allowed to give evidence supporting his request for appointment of a psychiatric expert in camera and ex parte. We hold that an indigent defendant who requests that evidence supporting his motion for expert psychiatric assistance be presented in an ex parte hearing is constitutionally...

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