Legal Opinion
State v. Ferguson
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided April 5, 1976No. 2 CA-CR 722PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOWARD, Chief Judge.
The single issue to be decided in this case is whether appellant’s inability to recall the events surrounding the crime for which he was indicted because of an organic amnesiac condition rendered him incompetent to stand trial.
Appellant was charged with offering to sell narcotic drugs in violation of A.R.S. Sec. 36-1002.02(A). After he was found to be competent pursuant to a Rule 11 hearing 1 , a plea agreement was reached whereby appellant pled guilty to second degree conspiracy to sell narcotic drugs and no contest to possession of narcotic drugs. He was placed on…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- People v. FrancabanderaNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- Robert Wilson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- State v. McClendonArizona Supreme Court · 1968
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Bishop v. SUPERIOR COURT, IN & FOR PIMA CTY.Arizona Supreme Court · 1986
- People v. PalmerSupreme Court of Colorado · 2001
- State v. GilbertSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
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