trial-competency

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
23-953	Brandon Michael Council v. United States	Fourth Circuit	2024-03-01	Denied	Amici (3)	circuit-split competency criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-death-penalty judicial-discretion mental-competence trial-competency	Whether a trial court may deem a defendant competent based solely on the unexplained, unsupported opinion of a defense expert or defense counsel
22-6404	Paul Rivera v. United States	Second Circuit	2022-12-28	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	competency constitutional-rights fair-trial indiana-v-edwards mental-illness pro-se-representation self-representation trial-competency	Whether a defendant's constitutional right to a fair trial imposes upon trial courts a duty of inquiry to determine whether a defendant is competent t…
18-5416	Ramal Hammond v. Ohio	Ohio	2018-07-31	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	amnesia burden-of-proof competency criminal-procedure defendant-amnesia due-process dusky-standard dusky-v-united-states mental-capacity right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-competency	When the evidence of guilt is far from overwhelming but cannot be rebutted without information that only the defendant would know, but due to amnesia …