Whether it is of statewide, and even nationwide importance, ONE:
for the United States Supreme Court to declare definitively
whether a mental competency hearing harbors "significant conse-
" for a criminal defendant which makes it a "critical quences
stage" in the criminal prosecution requiring representation by
counsel under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitu
tion?

If the answer to ONE is yes, did the state of Kansas deny
Charles M. Torrence his Sixth Amendment constitutional right toTWO:
counsel at his competency hearing?

Whether a mental competency hearing is a critical stage of a criminal prosecution requiring representation by counsel under the Sixth Amendment