Does a finding of incompetence justify a single plea of not guilty by reason of insanity?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ruiz, 11 Cal.App.3d 852, 90 Cal.Rptr. 110 (Cal. App. 1970):
However, the error in judgment was not such as to justify a finding of incompetence as defined in People v. Ibarra, 60 Cal.2d 460, 34 Cal.Rptr. 863, 386 P.2d 487. The same may be said with regard to the making of a single plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.
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