State v. Thomas (Majority)
Annotate this CaseDerrick Thomas was charged with second-degree battery and second-degree assault for an incident at the Arkansas State Hospital, where Thomas had been committed for a mental evaluation in a separate criminal case in which he had been found to be incompetent to stand trial. Thomas moved to dismiss the battery charges, arguing that he was unfit to proceed to trial. The circuit court dismissed the battery charges after a hearing. The State appealed, arguing that the circuit court’s dismissal of the battery charges violated Ark. Code Ann. 5-2-310(c)(2) because there was no requisite finding that Thomas had regained competence to stand trial. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that the circuit court improperly construed section 52-310(c) in concluding it had authority to dismiss the charges against Thomas. Remanded.
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