Legal Opinion
United States v. John Ecker
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 25, 1994No. 93-3651PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.
In 1989 the government indicted John David Ecker for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Because of Ecker’s lengthy history of crime and mental illness, the District Court for the District of Massachusetts faced serious questions concerning Ecker’s competency to stand trial. Several competency examinations followed, some of which found Ecker competent; other evaluations found him incompetent to stand trial at those times but with a potential for regaining competency. At the most recent medical examination on March 23, 1993 (the seventh for Ecker), the staff…
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