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· 6/8/2016

State of Tennessee v. Sergei A. Novikov

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  • stating that when a court appoints an expert it has reasonable grounds to question a defendant’s competency
  • “We vacate the challenged convictions and sentences because the trial court appointed experts to examine Silver to determine whether he was competent to proceed, but never held a competency hearing or ruled on his competence before he was tried.”

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Judges: Judge James Curwood Witt, Jr.

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