State v. Chapin

I

Appellant, in its proposition of law, asserts that “[w]here the issue of the defendant’s [appellee’s] competency to stand trial is raised after the trial has begun, the court shall hold a hearing on the issue only for good cause shown.” (Emphasis sic.) Stated otherwise, the issue presented herein is whether defense counsel’s sole and unsupported suggestion of incompetency after the commencement of trial, taken together with any then existing knowledge of appellee’s mental condition, met the requisite “good cause shown” standard, which would warrant a competency hearing.

We find merit in…