229 Md. App. 385 - Thompson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “Appellant argues that a competency evaluation is not , as a matter of law, a good cause to delay a trial , and the court was not required to wait five weeks for the results of the examination and/or mandate that the evaluation be completed by a psychiatrist. Appellant concedes, however, that once he raised the issue of his own competency, the court was required to determine whether he was competent to stand trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 240 Md. App. 470 - Hogan v. State

2. “Although appellant is correct that a determination of competency need not be based on a medical or psychiatric examination a judge may certainly feel that a medical or psychiatric evaluation is helpful to that determination.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 240 Md. App. 470 - Hogan v. State

3. “[o]nce the issue of a defendant's competency has been raised, the proceedings cannot continue until the trial judge determines that the defendant is competent to stand trial beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 240 Md. App. 470 - Hogan v. State