Sentence examples for deemed competent from inspiring English sources

In most jurisdictions, the vast majority of defendants who are evaluated for adjudicative competency are deemed competent to proceed.

A finalized procedural list was generated to determine: (a) the minimum number of times each procedure needed to be performed by the resident before deemed competent; (b) the level of competency for each procedure for respective year of residency.

He has been deemed competent to stand trial.

This time, he was deemed competent to stand trial.

Eavesdroppers have always been deemed competent witnesses in English and American courts.

A court-ordered psychological exam found that he had psychological disorders, though he was deemed competent to stand trial.

First, though he will have to overcome misgivings about handing over sensitive tax details to countries not deemed competent or trustworthy enough to handle it with care.

He had been given a diagnosis of schizophrenia, but was deemed competent to agree to the plea deal, which makes him ineligible for parole or to appeal.

A mentally retarded defendant can be found "not insane" and hence be deemed competent to stand trial and be convicted because he arguably understood the difference between right and wrong, as a child might understand that difference.

Prosecutors also have what Ms. Klausner called the unlikely option of deciding that the boy is incompetent to stand trial, detaining him in a psychiatric facility until he is deemed competent, and then trying him as an adult.

The former lord chancellor Lord Falconer last month tried to amend the coroners and justice bill to make assisted dying lawful if two doctors confirmed the person in question was terminally ill and deemed competent to make such a decision.