Legal Opinion
Reid v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided July 20, 2006PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · ClarkCornelia A. Clark, J.
in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON, and JANICE M. HOLDER, JJ., joined. ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., J., filed a concurring/dissenting opinion.
We granted interlocutory review in this post-conviction capital case to clarify the procedure for determining competency to proceed in a post-conviction action. For the reasons explained herein, we hold that the civil standard for mental incompetence adopted in State v. Nix, 40 S.W.3d 459 (Tenn.2001), applies to a competency determination during post-conviction proceedings. To trigger a hearing on competency, a petitioner must make…
3Cases cited27 opinions
- Atkins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Whitmore Ex Rel. Simmons v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Momon v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
- State v. ReidTennessee Supreme Court · 2002
- Burford v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1992
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4Cited by36 opinions
- State v. KiserTennessee Supreme Court · 2009
- State v. McKimTennessee Supreme Court · 2007
- Paul Dennis Reid, Jr. v. State of TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 2013
- State of Tennessee v. Charles D. SprungerTennessee Supreme Court · 2015
- State v. HarrisonTennessee Supreme Court · 2008
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