mental competency

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He gave the medical testimony, in pointed imitation of our local practitioner; and he piped and shook, as the aged turnpike-keeper who had heard blows, to an extent so very paralytic as to suggest a doubt regarding the mental competency of that witness.

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Superior Court Judge Rafael Ongkeko approved Patton State Hospital's certification of mental competency for William Strier, according to Deputy District Attorney Cynthia Zuzga.

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The lawyers filed the appeal with the Osaka High Court, saying the Osaka District Court failed to thoroughly examine the mental competency of Takuma, 39, before sentencing him to death.

LEAD: Lawyers for Takuma appeal death sentence

O'Brien, who said she had concerns about his mental competency to stand trial, based on information in police reports.

WSH tests for alleged Moses man; 148-year-old statue toppled in courthouse

The mental examination was ordered by a judge after Raymond Randolph's attorney declared a doubt as to his client's mental competency, prosecutors said.

DEFENDANT SENT FOR PSYCHIATRIC EXAM SUSPECT ACCUSED OF SLAYING MAN IN FRONT OF KIDS

The defense counsel has asked for an acquittal or a lenient sentence, citing his diminished mental competency at the time of the crime.

Osaka court to hand down ruling on school stabbing case

Durham, 30, of Fitchburg, will likely be the subject of a mental competency hearing, Judge Elliott L.

Mental state at issue in carjacking case

The examination would be aimed at mainly identifying his mental competency.

Kin urge Takuma be punished soon for school massacre

No evidence was presented about Ramirez's mental health, mental competency, background, childhood, physical and mental condition at the time of the crimes during the penalty trial that would allow the jury to consider a punishment other than death.

'STALKER'S' LAWYERS REQUESTING NEW TRIAL

I have absolutely no desire to do that,'' Mamoru Takuma said when asked by the prosecutors whether he intends to put up a fight about his mental competency to stand trial for the murders at Ikeda Elementary School in June last year.

Accused school killer not to plead mental incompetence

LANCASTER - A Lancaster man accused of cutting off his cat's head and tail and of accusing a neighbor of putting a spell on him was ordered Wednesday to undergo a psychiatric evaluation after his attorney declared a doubt as to his client's mental competency.

TESTING ORDERED FOR CAT-KILLER DEFENDANT

At the request of the defense lawyers, the court conducted a mental competency evaluation on Sato.