Competence to Stand Trial

Case Analysis Form:

Incompetence to Stand Trial--Case Analysis Form

Cases:

Idaho v. Longoria (Id.Ct.App. 1999)

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.

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

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