Can a defendant who made "bizarre statements or actions taken in isolation" remain competent to stand trial?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Hunter, A144413, A151898 (Cal. App. 2018):

Appellant argues his case is similar to People v. Murdoch (2011) 194 Cal.App.4th 230, 237, in that it involved more than "mere bizarre statements or actions taken in isolation." There, two doctors previously appointed to examine the defendant's competence previously had found he suffered from a serious mental illness and was competent at that time due to medication he had been given, but that he had since refused to take the medication and could decompensate and become incompetent if he continued to refuse it. (Id. at p. 233.) The defendant later successfully moved to represent himself,

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