State v. Reid

OPINION

DROWOTA, J.

We granted and consolidated the applications for permission to appeal filed on behalf of Paul Dennis Reid and Christopher Davis to consider the following three important questions of criminal procedure.

1.Whether a defendant must give pretrial notice of the intent to introduce expert testimony of his or her mental condition as mitigation at the sentencing phase of a capital trial?

2. If so, whether, at the request of the State, the trial court may order a mental examination of the defendant by a mental health expert selected by the State?

3. If so, what procedures should be…