trial court erred in denying motion for court-appointed psychiatrist where appellant was adjudged incompetent to stand trial, was receiving medication, had a history of psychiatric illness, and was hospitalized prior to the murder for the murder
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- trial court erred in denying motion for court-appointed psychiatrist where appellant was adjudged incompetent to stand trial, was receiving medication, had a history of psychiatric illness, and was hospitalized prior to the murder for the murder
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The opinion
NEWMAN, Chief Judge,
concurring:
I concur in the opinion of the court with the exception of footnote 9 supra, at p. 365. That footnote is palpable dictum and, in my judgment, merely adds further confusion to the meaning of our now famous footnote 5 in the case of Johnson v. United States, D.C.App., 387 A.2d 1084 (1978) (en banc).