People v. Lamont Crawford

Defendant, Lamont Crawford, was convicted by a jury of escape from prison (MCLA 750.193; MSA 28.390) and subsequently sentenced to a term of 1 to 5 years, to commence at the expiration of his present sentence. Defendant now appeals as a matter of right.

I

Defendant’s first assignment of error relates to the trial court’s determination that defendant was competent to stand trial. On January 9, 1974, the trial court issued an order committing defendant to the Center for Forensic Psychiatry for an evaluation of his competency to stand trial. Following that evaluation, the forensic center submitted…