Legal Opinion
Carr v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 18, 2018No. S18A0100PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NAHMIAS, Justice.
On May 31, 2017, the trial court in this case ordered the sheriff to take Ricky Lee Carr into custody solely because Carr had been charged with committing violent crimes and found mentally incompetent to stand trial. The court directed that Carr be transferred to and held by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities for evaluation within 90 days as to whether there is a substantial probability that he will attain competency in the foreseeable future. In this appeal, Carr contends that this detention by the State violates his constitutional…
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