competency-determination
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-6349 | Joshua Wiley Mitchell v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division | Fifth Circuit | 2025-01-21 | Denied | IFP | competency-determination criminal-procedure due-process psychiatric-evaluation statutory-procedure trial-rights | Was the trial court required to follow state statutory procedures for competency determination and does denial of a psychiatric evaluation constitute … |
| 24-6031 | Haitham Yousef Alhindi v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-11-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | competency-determination criminal-procedure due-process insanity-defense-reform-act jackson-v-indiana statutory-interpretation | Whether the four-month period for determining competency under 18 U.S.C. § 4241(d)(1) begins at commitment or upon arrival at a Bureau of Prisons hosp… |
| 22-7108 | Andrew Ryan v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2023-03-27 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-4241d appellate-review competency competency-determination due-process incompetent-defendant statutory-rights timing-violations united-states-v-olano waiver | Whether under United States v. Olano an incompetent defendant waives appellate review of his statutory and due process right to a timely resolution of… |
| 21-6559 | George Russell Kayer v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry | Ninth Circuit | 2021-12-08 | Denied | IFP | capital-murder competency-determination direct-appeal due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigation-specialist sentencing-hearing trial-counsel | Whether a state court's decision on direct appeal is based on an unreasonable determination of facts when it concludes that a defendant refused to coo… |