State v. Gravette

MEYER, Justice.

Defendant stands charged with two counts of first-degree murder and is currently a pretrial detainee in the Orange County jail in custody of the sheriff of that county. As will later appear in some detail, defendant has several times been evaluated for competency to proceed to trial as well as to determine whether he was mentally ill and whether he was a danger to himself or others. Judge Herring, in the order appealed from, found that defendant was not competent to stand trial and that defendant was not subject to inpatient involuntary commitment. Judge Herring granted…