In re Habeas Corpus by Snyder

The opinion of the court was delivered by Stegall, J.:

In May 2013, the Saline County District Court first found Clay Robert Snyder not competent to stand trial because of his intellectual disability. Since then, Snyder has cycled through competency detainment and involuntary commitment at least twice. Most recently in November 2016, the district court found Snyder was still not competent to stand trial and ordered the State to initiate civil commitment proceedings against him.

Shortly thereafter, Snyder petitioned for habeas relief, asking us to release him from confinement and dismiss his…