State v. Hankins

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

v.

FREEMAN HANKINS.

No. COA07-1100

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed April 1, 2008

This case not for publication

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Special Deputy Attorney General Gary R. Govert, for the State.

D. Tucker Charns for defendant-appellant.

STEELMAN, Judge.

In a hearing to determine a defendant's competency to proceed at trial, where the trial court's findings are supported by competent evidence in the record, the trial court's ruling must be affirmed.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

In December 2002, Freeman Hankins (defendant) was indicted for first degree…