Drope v. Missouri

How courts have described this case

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• holding that correct course for trial court was to suspend trial until evaluation could be made
• holding that correct course for trial court was to suspend trial until evaluation could be made
• holding that it was a violation of due process not to redetermine the competence of a mentally ill defendant during the course of the trial after he attempted to commit suicide
• holding that it was a violation of due process not to redetermine the competence of a mentally ill defendant during the course of the trial after he attempted to commit suicide
• holding that a statute requiring only one expert evaluation was sufficient to protect a defendant’s right not to be tried while legally incompetent
• holding that a mentally insane or incompetent defendant cannot be required to plead to an offense, be tried, convicted or sentenced

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