Rees v. Peyton

How courts have described this case

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• noting that decision whether to take an appeal is so fundamental to a defense that it cannot be made by defense counsel, but rather must be made by the defendant himself
• examining psychiatrist’s detailed report which concludes that defendant is not competent requires the court to conduct a full competency hearing
• addressing whether an incompetent habeas petitioner may withdraw his certiorari petition
• Supreme Court orders competency hearing before permitting death-row habeas corpus petitioner to withdraw his petition

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