Chadwick v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 11 state decisions

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1. “[T]he Constitution permits judges to take realistic account of. the particular defendant’s mental capacities by asking whether a defendant who' seeks to conduct his own defense at trial is mentally competent to do so. That is to say the Constitution permits States to insist upon representation by counsel for those competent enough to stand trial under Dusky [v. United States, 36[2] U.S. 402[, 80 S.Ct. 788 , 4 L.Ed.2d 824 ] (1960),] but who still suffer from severe mental illness to the point where they are not competent to conduct trial proceedings by themselves.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lewis v. State · Long v. State