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Carr v. State

Citations

  • 815 S.E.2d 903

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  • “No matter how short the duration of the detention, if the nature of the confinement is not reasonably related to the government’s purpose of accurately evaluating the individual defendant’s potential to attain competency, the detention is unconstitutional.”
  • “Although the word ‘shall’ is 15 generally construed as a mandatory directive, this Court has explained that it need not always be construed in that fashion, if the context in which it is used indicates a permissive instruction.”

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Judges: Nahmias

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