Rosenthal v. O'Brien’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “We feel satisfied that he’s competent to stand trial. I can’t tell you anything more than that. Sure, there’s always some doubts when a man is as sick as he is, and he’s a very sick man, and there are a lot of pressures that a trial brings out that you don’t have in more regular times, but I wouldn’t have gone forward trying this case unless I felt he was competent. Am I a hundred percent sure? No. I am not a hundred percent sure. Do I think that he should be evaluated for competency? No. I don’t think it’s in his best interest.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rosenthal v. O'Brien

2. “However, the next time I met with Mr. Rosenthal [after learning of Zalkind’s concerns], he appeared the same as he had been previously. He was able to answer questions and interact with me in an appropriate fashion so I never performed the formal competency evaluation. I did not specifically ask him about his understanding of the trial, the charges against him, or the function of the various roles of the courtroom participants, in that his mental functions at the time seemed to be grossly intact....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rosenthal v. O'Brien