SIMS v. STATE

No. S04G1689.

614 S.E.2d 73 (2005)

279 Ga. 389

SIMS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 6, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jo Carol Nesset-Sale, John W. Bonds Jr., Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Sidney Leighton Moore III, Atlanta, for Appellant.

Kenneth W. Mauldin, Dist. Atty., Brian Vance Patterson, Asst. Dist. Atty., for Appellee.

Michael Brian Terry, Sarah Marie Shalf, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP, Sabrina Denise Rhinehart, James C. Bonner Jr., Atlanta, for amici curiae.


HUNSTEIN, Justice.

We granted appellant Willie Sims' petition for certiorari in Sims v. State, 267 Ga.App. 572(1), 600 S.E.2d 613 (2004), in order to address whether the Court of Appeals applied the appropriate standard of appellate review of the judgment entered on a special verdict that a criminal defendant is competent to stand trial. Because...

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