Can a defendant be found mentally incompetent to stand trial?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from The People v. Williams, A127749, San Francisco County Super. Ct. No. 2401263 (Cal. App. 2010):

3. Section 1367, subdivision (a), states "[a] person cannot be tried or adjudged to punishment while that person is mentally incompetent. A defendant is mentally incompetent... if, as a result of mental disorder or developmental disability, the defendant is unable to understand the nature of the criminal proceedings or to assist counsel in the conduct of a defense in a rational manner."

4. People v. Marsden (1970) 2Cal.3d 118.

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