Court Opinion

ID: 9648962
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 14:39:31.293597+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:08:24.684529
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Conley Byrd, Justice, dissenting. I disagree with the majority on the remand for an evidentiary hearing on petitioner’s demented condition. When we remember that the record shows that immediately after this man’s arrest, he was sent to the State Hospital for a mental examination and returned for trial, we know from prior experience and the requirements of our laws that if the State Hospital had found other than that petitioner was without psychosis, the record would have shown such proceedings. Thus it appears to me that we are overtechnically overworking society by requiring it to hold a post conviction hearing to make a finding of fact that is evident from the beginning. For this reason I respectfully dissent.