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IN RE WILLIAMSON

No. COA01-638.

564 S.E.2d 915 (2002)

In the Matter of Wendell WILLIAMSON, Respondent

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 2, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General Angel E. Gray, for the State.

Martin & Martin, P.A., by J. Matthew Martin and Harry C. Martin, Hillsborough, for the respondent.

BRYANT, J.

On 26 January 1995, respondent Wendell Williamson randomly fired an M-1 rifle at unarmed pedestrians in the downtown area of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Two pedestrians were killed as a result of the shooting. Respondent was charged with two counts of first degree murder, and was found not guilty by reason of insanity following a jury trial in Orange County Superior Court. Respondent was thereafter involuntarily committed to Dorothea Dix Hospital pursuant...

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