Sentence examples for is deemed competent from inspiring English sources
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.
A man accused of slashing to death a psychologist on the Upper East Side was declared mentally unfit to stand trial on Tuesday and will be sent to a state psychiatric center until he is deemed competent for court.
If the case is deemed competent by a judge, the police will be summoned to respond.
One main problem in dementia research is the evaluation of the patient's capacity and, when the individual is deemed competent, the requirement that he or she expresses a valid consent to participate.
In most jurisdictions, the vast majority of defendants who are evaluated for adjudicative competency are deemed competent to proceed.
A court-ordered psychological exam found that he had psychological disorders, though he was deemed competent to stand trial.
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.
