The Indiana Supreme Court held that Mr. Edwards's competency to stand trial meant that he was competent to represent himself.
Then, a jury ruled 9-3 than an inmate was competent to be executed.
A psychiatrist found that Mr. Simmons was competent to make the decision to forgo his appeals.
A second evaluation commissioned by the prosecution concluded that Mr. Cherry was competent to stand trial.
A judge ruled recently that the man, Michael Ouelette, 34, was competent to stand trial.
There was also the ancillary question of whether Felt was competent to make that decision".
A state-ordered psychological exam this month found that he was competent to stand trial.
A psychological exam arranged by the court concluded that Mr. Aron was competent to stand trial.
A state ordered psychological exam showed that Mr. Aron was competent to stand trial.
Dusky's more general standard sought only to determine whether a defendant represented by counsel was competent to stand trial, not whether he was competent to waive his right to counsel.
"Mrs. Astor was competent to sign her second codicil, just as three weeks earlier she was competent to sign her first codicil, which the indictment doesn't challenge," Mr. Warner wrote in an e-mail message.
