BRANCH, Chief Justice.
Defendant first assigns as error the trial court's ruling that defendant had the mental capacity to stand trial.
The trial court conducted a pretrial hearing on defense counsel's motion questioning defendant's capacity to proceed to trial. At this hearing, Dr. John D. Patton, a psychiatrist, testified for the defense that he examined defendant for a total of three hours on several different occasions. He concluded that defendant was...
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