trial-competency
3 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-953 | Brandon Michael Council v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-03-01 | Denied | Amici (3) | circuit-split competency criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-death-penalty judicial-discretion mental-competence trial-competency | In the middle of his federal death-penalty trial, Brandon Council had a delusional breakdown, asking his attorneys to "subpoena God." The District Cou… |
| 22-6404 | Paul Rivera v. United States | Second Circuit | 2022-12-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | competency constitutional-rights fair-trial indiana-v-edwards mental-illness pro-se-representation self-representation trial-competency | 1. Whether a defendant's constitutional right to a fair trial impose s upon trial courts a duty of inquiry to determine whether a defendant is compete… |
| 18-5416 | Ramal Hammond v. Ohio | Ohio | 2018-07-31 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | amnesia burden-of-proof competency criminal-procedure defendant-amnesia due-process dusky-standard dusky-v-united-states mental-capacity right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-competency | When the evidence of guilt is far from overwhelming but cannot be rebutted without information that only the defendant would know, but due to amnesia … |