Legal Opinion
United States v. Rodney Andrews
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 7, 2006No. 06-1448PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Rodney E. Andrews is a serial bank robber and long-time drug addict. After Andrews was found competent to stand trial and agreed to a bench trial, the district court found him guilty of robbing a bank. Andrews, however, allegedly suffered from amnesia for the period of time surrounding the robbery. He claims that this rendered him incapable of assisting his attorney in preparing his defense and thus incompetent to stand trial. Because we find that the district court did not abuse its discretion when it declined Andrews’ request for a second competency exam and it did not…
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