The following excerpt is from Sok v. Pennywell, Case No.: 1:13-cv-00935-DAD-JLT (E.D. Cal. 2016):
Convictions of legally incompetent persons violate due process, and where the evidence raises a bona fide doubt about the defendant's competency, due process requires that a full competency hearing be conducted. Pate v. Robinson, 383 U.S. 375 (1966). However, such a hearing is not required absent a "substantial" or "bona fide" doubt as to the defendant's competence. Hernandez v. Ylst, 930 F.2d 714, 716 (9th Cir.1991). A habeas petitioner is entitled to such a hearing if he presents
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