Baker v. State

Gregory, Justice.

In November 1981, Richard Lamar Baker was convicted of the murder of his father and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal we remanded the case to determine whether the appellant was competent to stand trial at the time of his trial for murder. Baker v. State, 250 Ga. 187 (297 SE2d 9) (1982). We held that “if the appellant fails by a preponderance of the evidence to prove incompetence at the time of his [murder] trial, the verdict of guilty shall stand.” 250 Ga. at 193.

Following a trial on this issue, the jury rejected appellant’s special plea of insanity. We affirm.(1)…