Legal Opinion
Damacio Y. Torres v. K.W. Prunty, in His Capacity as Warden
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 8, 2000No. 99-55662PublishedCited by 164 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
The State of California appeals from the district court’s grant of habeas corpus relief to Damacio Torres under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court concluded that Torres’s due process rights were violated when the state trial court failed to hold a hearing to determine whether Torres was competent to stand trial, despite considerable evidence suggesting that he was not. See Pate v. Robinson, 383 U.S. 375, 385, 86 S.Ct. 836, 15 L.Ed.2d 815 (1966). The state trial and appellate courts’ findings that the evidence did not require a competency hearing under Pate are findings…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Lindh v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by164 opinions
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