State v. Monk

JOHNSON, Judge.

Defendant brings forth 17 assignments of error on appeal which concern (1) his competency to stand trial, (2) the admission of his in-custody statements, (3) the court’s failure to order a bifurcated trial, (4) the court’s evidentiary rulings and (5) the sentence imposed on him.

I

The first two assignments of error we address are those involving defendant’s competency to stand trial.

The court’s order of 9 October 1981 recommitting defendant to Dorothea Dix provided, among other things, that:

4. The treating physician in his or her discretion shall administer such medication at…