CNN Legal View With Ashleigh Banfield December 24, 2015 17:53:00
Defense? that's a similar analysis but that is the magic test to find out whether or not based on any mental defect he's able to help his own defense. if not, a defendant can be incompetent and you cannot institute proceedings against them until if and when he becomes competent again. >> he's not being cooperative in letting them evaluate him. where do they go from here? >> it's an interest issue, it's a logic loop. they can't begin to assess his competency if he doesn't cooperate but at the same time, if he's not going to cooperate, they won't get any information. however, there are ways of e...
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