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North Carolina Supreme Court Reverses Embezzlement Convictions for Failure to Hold Competency Hearing After Mid-Trial Suicide Attempt, Involuntary Commitment
Loaded on April 15, 2021
by Matthew Clarke
published in Criminal Legal News
May, 2021, page 39
Filed under:
Competency Hearing.
Location:
North Carolina.
by Matt Clarke
The Supreme Court of North Carolina handed down an opinion dated December 18, 2020, reversing a woman’s three felony embezzlement convictions after determining that the trial court should have held a competency hearing before resuming trial without her presence after she attempted suicide during the trial and ...
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