Tennessee Supreme Court· 7/20/2006

Reid v. State

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197 S.W.3d 694

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holding that in postconviction proceedings, which include direct appeal, legal claims and factual claims not requiring a defendant’s input should not be stayed based on incompetence
granting interlocutory appeal to determine proper procedure to determine competency to proceed on post-conviction
declining to read into a statute providing for appointment of PCR counsel “a statutory right to competency from this right to 7 FITZGERALD V. HON. MYERS/STATE Opinion of the Court counsel”
discussing competence in the postconviction relief context for inmate sentenced to death
“Due process requires only that a petitioner be provided an opportunity for the presentation of claims at a meaningful time and in a meaningful manner.”
adopting the competency standard applied in civil cases in Tennessee

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Judges: Cornelia A. Clark

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