Indiana Supreme Court· 12/18/2008

State v. Davis

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898 N.E.2d 281
2008 Ind. LEXIS 1282
2008 WL 5252307

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concluding that “it is a violation of fundamental fairness to hold criminal charges over the head of an incompetent defendant who will never” regain competency
\Abuse of discretion is the appropriate standard for appellate review of a trial court's decision to dismiss a charging information\
\Abuse of discretion is the appropriate standard for appellate review of a trial court's decision to dismiss a charging information\
\Commitment of an accused thus focuses on the State's interest in the accused's restoration to competency and necessarily entails a finding of probability that the accused can be so restored.\
“Commitment of an accused thus focuses on the State’s interest in the accused’s restoration to competency and necessarily entails a finding of probability that the accused can be so restored.”
“Jackson made it clear that a state cannot continue to confine the defendant under its criminal commitment statutes if it is unlikely that the defendant ever will attain competency.”

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Judges: Boehm, Dickson, Rucker, Shepard, Sullivan

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