Holmes v. Buss

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that “habeas corpus is a civil proceeding rather than a criminal one.”
• discussing Rohan, and describing a generalized test for competency sufficient to apply in different contexts
• discussing Rohan, and describing a generalized test for competency sufficient to apply in different contexts
• characterizing Rohan as resting at least in part on the fact that “a waiver of a legal right (concretely, the right to seek postconviction relief) must, to be effective, be knowing, implying mental competence”
• describing circumstances that warranted limited remand for competency determination

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).