Second Circuit· 4/12/1983

Norman Silverstein v. Robert Henderson

Citations

706 F.2d 361
1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 28882

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holding that trial court must order a hearing if “reasonable ground” exists for believing that a defendant may be incompetent to stand trial
reasoning that conflicting psychiatry reports triggered a trial court’s duty to conduct a competency hearing
noting that the question is whether a defendant is “incompetent to stand trial ”
hearing six years after the fact “would be a wholly inadequate substitute for the ‘concurrent hearing’ into competency mandated by Pate ”
observing that “New York law provides the procedural protection Pate requires”
evidence that defendant had long institutional history as well as previous diagnoses finding him retarded and possibly schizophrenic triggered need for competency hearing

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Judges: Lumbard, Mansfield, Kearse

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