Legal Opinion
United States v. Hessam Ghane, Also Known as Sam Ghane
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 27, 2007No. 06-3828PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Hessam Ghane was charged with criminal possession of potassium cyanide. The district court 1 found that Ghane was rationally unable to understand the charges against him and was therefore mentally incompetent to stand trial under 18 U.S.C. § 4241. Ghane appeals, arguing that the district court erred by finding him incompetent. We affirm.
On February 4, 2003, Ghane was admitted to an emergency room in Overland Park, Kansas stating he intended to kill himself using a solid form of cyanide that he had acquired through his years as a chemist and stored in his home. He…
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