Legal Opinion

Wadley v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 14, 2009No. A08A2400PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Chief Judge.

Following a bench trial, Theresa Ann Wadley was convicted of a single count of aggravated assault. Wadley now appeals from the denial of her motion for a new trial, asserting that the trial court erred in denying her motion for a second, pretrial evaluation of her competence to stand trial. Discerning no error, we affirm.

The record shows that following Wadley’s indictment, the trial judge originally assigned to the case ordered her to undergo a competency evaluation. That evaluation was performed on January 20, 2004, but the results were inconclusive. The psychologist who…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Godinez v. MoranSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Baker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  3. Lamar v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
  4. Traylor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2006
  5. Sims v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2005

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. TIEGREEN v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  2. Dickson v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
  3. Page v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  4. Russell E. Crawford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2020

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