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· 5/17/1988

United States v. Donald G. Auen

Citations

  • 846 F.2d 872
  • 61 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 1207
  • 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 6808
  • 1988 WL 48956

How courts have described this case

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

  • declining to order competency hearing constituted abuse of discretion where defendant consistently gave incomprehensible responses to court inquiries and claimed to be victim of “psycho-political terrorism by the Internal Revenue Service”
  • consistent exhibition of “bizarre” behavior prior to and during trial requires further competency hearing

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Judges: Meskill, Altimari, Mishler

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