Reeves v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

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1. “(a) The issue of the defendant’s incompetency to stand trial shall be determined in advance of the trial on the merits if the court determines there is evidence to support a finding of incompetency to stand trial on its own motion or on written motion by the defendant or his counsel filed prior to the date set for trial on the merits asserting that the defendant is incompetent to stand trial. (b) If during the trial evidence of the defendant’s incompetency is brought to the attention of the court from any source, the court must conduct a hearing out of the presence of the jury to determine whether or not there is evidence to support a finding of incompetency to stand trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McDaniel v. State

2. “. Evidence sufficient to prompt a competency hearing or inquiry must raise a ‘‘bona fide doubt” in the mind of the trial judge as to the defendant's competency to stand trial; a bona fide, doubt exists if the evidence indicates recent severe mental illness, or at least moderate mental retardation, or truly bizarre acts by the defendant. ‘”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tadlock v. State