· 5/30/2001
Jay D. Scott v. Betty Mitchell
Citations
- 250 F.3d 1011
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- holding that com- petency is appropriately defined as \the mental capacity to understand the nature of the death penalty and why it was imposed upon the con- vict\ (emphasis added; internal quotation marks omitted); Barnard v. Collins, 13 F.3d 871, 876-77 (5th Cir. 1994
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Judges: Boggs, Siler, Batchelder
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