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STATE v. SIDES

No. 400A19.

852 S.E.2d 170 (2020)

STATE of North Carolina v. Carolyn D. "Bonnie" SIDES.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed December 18, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua H. Stein , Attorney General, by Keith Clayton , Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State-appellee.

Glenn Gerding , Appellate Defender, by Wyatt Orsbon , Assistant Appellate Defender, for defendant-appellant.

Disability Rights North Carolina, by Susan H. Pollitt , Raleigh, Lisa Grafstein , Raleigh, and Luke Woollard , for Disability Rights North Carolina, North Carolina Psychiatric Association, and North Carolina Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, amici curiae.

The defendant in this case attempted suicide one evening after her trial had recessed for the day and was thereafter involuntarily committed. The trial court declined to hold a competency hearing and determined that she had voluntarily waived her constitutional right to be present at her trial as a result of the suicide attempt....

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