California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Medina, F069560 (Cal. App. 2016):
In considering all of the relevant circumstances, the trial court was required to consider defense counsel's "undoubtedly relevant" opinion regarding defendant's competence. (People v. Howard, supra, 1 Cal.4th at p. 1164.) Defense counsel was of the unambiguous opinion that defendant was competent to stand trial. Counsel stressed
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