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STATE v. SHYTLE

No. 542A87.

374 S.E.2d 573 (1989)

323 N.C. 684

STATE of North Carolina v. Wanda Graybeal SHYTLE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 4, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Jane P. Gray, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender by M. Patricia DeVine, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.

WEBB, Justice.

The appellant, by her first assignment of error, challenges the holding of the court that she was competent to stand trial. N.C.G.S. § 15A-1001(a) provides:

No person may be tried, convicted, sentenced, or punished for a crime when by reason of mental illness or defect he is unable to understand the nature and object of the proceedings against him, to comprehend his own situation in reference to the proceedings, or to assist in his defense...

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