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BUTLER v. STATE

No. A96A2057.

483 S.E.2d 385 (1997)

225 Ga. App. 288

BUTLER v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

March 7, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd C. Burton, Keith J. Williams, Rome, for appellant.

J. Brown Moseley, District Attorney, Robert R. Auman, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

Debra J. Blum, Atlanta, amicus curiae.

POPE, Presiding Judge.

In 1980, Mary Adams Butler, who is a paranoid schizophrenic, was indicted for murdering a Decatur County Deputy Sheriff. At the time of the murder, the deputy was attempting to take Butler to a mental hospital pursuant to an emergency insanity order issued by the probate court. After entering a special plea of insanity, Butler was committed to the custody of the Department of Human Resources until the time it was determined she was competent...

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