Legal Opinion
State v. Heger
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided December 1, 1982No. Cr. 807, 817PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANDE WALLE, Justice.
Michael Heger appealed from judgments of conviction entered by the district court, Barnes County, for the crimes of murder, gross sexual imposition, and burglary. We affirm.
The sole issue presented to us on appeal is whether or not the trial court erred in ultimately finding the defendant, Michael Heger, competent to stand trial.
Heger’s competency to stand trial was questioned almost immediately after criminal proceedings were instituted against him. As a result, three evidentiary hearings were held to determine his fitness to proceed to trial.
On April 19,1979, four days…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. John Digilio, in No. 75-2218. Appeal of Harry Lupo, in No. 75-2219. Appeal of Peter Szwandrak, in No. 75-2220Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Frank Hayes, Dorothy Foley Hayes and Alice BaldwinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by26 opinions
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