Competence to Stand Trial

Case Analysis Form:

Incompetence to Stand Trial--Case Analysis Form

Cases:

Idaho v. Longoria (Id.Ct.App. 1999) [on-line text]

West Virginia Cases:

State v. Chapman (W.Va. Sup.Ct.App.2001) [on-line text] 210 W. Va. 292; 557 S.E.2d 346; 2001 W. Va. LEXIS 158

State v. Sanders (W.Va. Sup. Ct.App., 2001) [on-line text]
209 W. Va. 367; 549 S.E.2d 40; 2001 W. Va. LEXIS 48 [The psychological testimony in Court in Sanders refers, in passing, to malingering. Malingering by Dr. William H. Reid, Forensic Psychiatric Consultant, Journal of Psychiatric Practice column]

State v. Kent (W.Va. Sup.Ct. App., 2003) [on-line text] [dissenting opinion]

Resource Readings:

Competency to Stand Trial
Missouri Institute of Public Health Policy Brief

Assessing Competency-to-stand-trial Assessments
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2004 32: 231-245

Competence to Stand Trial
Dr. William H. Reid, J. Prac. Psych. & Behav. Hlth.

Comptence to Stand Trial
Criminal Appeal -- blog

Competency To Stand Trial: Summaries of Successful Cases
Capital Defense Network (supporting capital defense lawyers)

Assertions of Trial Counsel & Behavior at Trial
The Forensic Echo: Behavioral & Forensic Sciences in the Courts
[The commentary for this case by Dr. Michael Welner doesn't make
a great deal of sense to me.]

State Presents No Expert Witness on Competence
The Forensic Echo: Behavioral & Forensic Sciences in the Courts

Threatening, Obfuscating, Uncooperative . . . Competent?
The Forensic Echo: Behavioral & Forensic Sciences in the Courts

Special Assistance to Maintain Competence to Stand Trial
The Forensic Echo: Behavioral & Forensic Sciences in the Courts

New Competency Scale Not Admitted in Murder Case
The Forensic Echo: Behavioral & Forensic Sciences in the Courts

Standardization of Assessments of Fitness to Stand Trial
The Forensic Echo: Behavioral & Forensic Sciences in the Courts

Memory and Competence
The Forensic Echo: Behavioral & Forensic Sciences in the Courts

Amnesiac Can't Recall an Alibi
The Forensic Echo: Behavioral & Forensic Sciences in the Courts

"Bullied Plea Has No Personality"
[Personality Disorder & Competence to Plead Guilty]
The Forensic Echo: Behavioral & Forensic Sciences in the Courts

Remand of Accused Arsonist for Competency Check
The Forensic Echo: Behavioral & Forensic Sciences in the Courts

Mental Retardation and Competence
The Forensic Echo: Behavioral & Forensic Sciences in the Courts

Competence to Stand Trial and Battered Woman Syndrome
Dana Alan Curhan, commentary

MacArthur Juvenile Competence Study

Emotional Competence, Rational Understanding, and the Criminal Defendant
Social Science Research Network -- posted article

Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski, Competence to Stand Trial and Competence to Represent
Himself The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Transcript