State v. Hewett

NICHOLS, Justice.

The Defendant, Elwyn B. Hewett, Jr., appeals his conviction in the Superior Court, Kennebec County, for aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 208(1)(B) (1983). 1 He asserts that the trial court abused its discretion in failing to make a judicial determination of his competence to stand trial, and he claims that this abuse violated his rights to procedural due process under both state and federal constitutions.

One month after the Defendant was indicted in October, 1985, and entered a not guilty plea, a motion was made in his be half for…