Legal Opinion
State v. Payne
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided November 21, 2017No. COA16-1193PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGEE, Chief Judge.
*572 Tina Stamey Payne ("Defendant") appeals from the trial court's order finding her not guilty by reason of insanity ("NGRI") of one count of attempted first-degree murder and one count of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. On appeal, Defendant asserts that she was denied her constitutional right to assistance of counsel when her defense lawyer pursued a pretrial defense of NGRI against her wishes.
*573 I. Background
Evidence presented at multiple pretrial hearings, based in part on court-ordered psychological reports, tended to show the following: On 4 August…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Godinez v. MoranSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Fong Foo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- State v. GoodmanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
- Evans v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
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