competency-standard
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-6494 | Lewis Dean Armstrong v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-01-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split competency-standard competency-to-assist-counsel due-process excusable-neglect federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure new-trial-motion pioneer-factors pioneer-investment-services-co-v-brunswick-associa rule-33 | This petition is concerned with the denial of a new trial motion under Rule 33(b)(1) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, filed well after the … |
| 23-5628 | Richard C. Duerson, as Next Friend of Jennifer McFarland v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2023-09-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | competency-standard constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection mental-capacity mental-competency next-friend next-friend-petition physical-competency standing | What Constitutional Standards should be applied when a judge is tasked with determining the competency of a defendant with known physical and mental a… |
| 21-6393 | Michael Lawrence Woodbury v. Florida | Florida | 2021-11-23 | Denied | IFP | competency-standard due-process fourteenth-amendment indiana-v-edwards mental-illness self-representation sixth-amendment | Whether the Florida Supreme Court, rather than applying a heightened standard for competency to represent oneself for defendants with severe mental il… |
| 18-6329 | Adan Sandoval Dominguez v. M. Eliot Spearman, Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2018-10-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | competency competency-standard constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process factual-understanding judicial-standard major-depressive-disorder mental-competency mental-health rational-understanding standing trial-rights | Did defendant meet the competency requirement to stand trial set forth in Godinez v. Moran, 509 U.S. 389 (1993), which states a defendant must have "s… |