STATE v. JACKSON

No. 98.

273 S.E.2d 666 (1981)

STATE of North Carolina v. James Lewis JACKSON.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 27, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen., by Barry S. McNeill, Associate Atty. Gen., for the State.

Barry T. Winston, Chapel Hill, for defendant-appellant.


HUSKINS, Justice:

Defendant first assigns error to the finding by the trial court that defendant had sufficient capacity to stand trial. The amended record shows that a psychiatrist offered by the State, Dr. James F. Groce, found no evidence of psychosis. Defendant's psychiatrist, Dr. Milton F. Gipstein, testified at a hearing on defendant's motion prior to trial that he found defendant clearly psychotic.

Defendant had been ordered evaluated at Dorothea Dix...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases