State v. Cook

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• competency requires ability to understand charges, an understanding of the purpose and object of the proceedings, and a mental capacity to assist counsel in preparing and putting forth defense

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2002-04-19· cited 29×
• State v. Peabody
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1992-06-16· cited 26×
• State v. Champagne
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1985-08-16· cited 16×
• In Re Tavares
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2005-11-14· cited 13×
• State v. Stiles
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1983-08-31· cited 10×
• State v. Nault
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1974-02-13· cited 9×
• Vicario v. Vicario
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2006-06-29· cited 7×
• State v. Perry
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1986-05-14· cited 6×
• State v. Buxton
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1994-06-07· cited 6×
• State v. Ortiz
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1982-08-05· cited 5×
• State v. Owen
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1997-04-25
• State v. Marrero
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2010-01-14
• State v. Briguglio
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1995-07-25
• In re E.G.S
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2026-06-01

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Dusky v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1960-04-18· cited 3,197×
• Pate v. Robinson
  Supreme Court· 1966-03-21· cited 3,039×
• The PEOPLE v. Bender
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1960-09-29· cited 87×
• State v. Andrews
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1960-12-10· cited 48×
• Thursby v. State
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1966-09-27· cited 31×
• The People v. Maynard
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1932-02-19· cited 30×
• State v. Page
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1968-07-17· cited 27×
• Magenton v. State
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1957-03-18· cited 18×
• People v. Brock
  California Supreme Court· 1962-05-15· cited 14×
• State v. Buchanan
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1963-05-22· cited 12×
• McWilliams v. Justice Court, Tucson Precinct No. 1
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1967-03-07· cited 5×
• State v. Genereux
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1962-12-19· cited 5×