delusions

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-5374 Jessie C. Roberts v. Danny Samuel Ninth Circuit 2023-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency criminal-procedure delusions hallucinations incompetency ineffective-assistance mental-health specific-intent Whether trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to investigate and present testimony from mental health experts supporting that the c…
19-5839 Randall Wayne Mays v. Texas Texas 2019-09-05 Denied IFP competency cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty delusions due-process eighth-amendment ford-hearing junk-science lay-stereotypes mental-competency mental-illness panetti-v-quarterman Whether a state court may rely on junk science and lay stereotypes of the severely mentally ill to adjudicate a Ford claim