What is the test for determining whether a defendant is mentally competent to stand trial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Adams, B249268 (Cal. App. 2014):
"A person cannot be tried or adjudged to punishment while that person is mentally incompetent." ( 1367, subd. (a); see also Drope v. Missouri (1975) 420 U.S. 162, 172.) "Absent substantial evidence of a defendant's incompetence, 'the decision to order [a competency hearing pursuant to section 1368] [is] left to the court's discretion.'" (People v. Panah (2005) 35 Cal.4th 395, 432.) A court abuses its discretion only if its ruling falls
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