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GA. DEPT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES v. DRUST

S94A1197.

264 Ga. 514 (1994)

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES v. DRUST.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 3, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Carl P. Greenberg, Charles W. Smegal, Assistant District Attorneys, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Stephanie B. Manis, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Patricia B. Downing, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, for appellant.

Megan C. De Vorsey, Susan B. Forsling, for appellee.

THOMPSON, Justice.

Dennis M. Drust shot and killed two people with a handgun and turned the gun on himself, inflicting a traumatic brain injury. Charged with two counts of murder, felony murder and aggravated assault, he filed a plea of mental incompetency to stand trial under OCGA § 17-7-130 and waived his right to a jury trial on the incompetency issue. At the hearing, the Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR...

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