· 9/29/1997
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jacobo LOYOLA-DOMINGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Citations
- 125 F.3d 1315
- 97 Daily Journal DAR 12373
- 47 Fed. R. Serv. 1314
- 97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7715
- 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 26892
- 1997 WL 594622
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the district court properly admitted a warrant of deportation, arrest warrant, and order to show cause from a defendant’s A-File as public records
- recognizing that not “every suicide attempt inevitably creates a doubt concerning the defendant’s competency”
- noting that defendant's responses to questions suggested that he did not understand nature of proceedings and was unable to assist in his defense
- noting that defendant’s responses to questions suggested that he did not understand nature of proceedings and was unable to assist in his defense
- noting that warrants of deportation are public records, and leaving undisturbed the district court’s conclusion that arrest warrants are public records
- stating that defendant's suicide attempt on the eve before trial began should have given court \reason to doubt\ defendant's competency, especially in view of equivocal answers defendant gave to the court when it asked whether he understood what was happening
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Judges: Reinhardt, Nelson, Hawkins
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