Hawes v. State

This appeal is from a conviction of manslaughter in the first degree with sentence fixed at seven years imprisonment..

On arraignment and again at the opening-of the trial, appellant moved that he be committed to Bryce Hospital for psychiatric examination to determine whether he was mentally capable of standing trial. The motion was overruled each time by the-court. It appears that on each occasion, the appellant was not confined, but free on bail.

There appears to be no statutory authority for such an order to be made by the court when the accused is not confined.. Title 15, Code of Alabama…