Legal Opinion

Dusky v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 18, 1960No. 504 MPublishedCited by 2,830 opinions

1Per curiam

The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted. Upon consideration of the entire record we agree with the Solicitor General that “the record in this case does not sufficiently support the findings of competency to stand trial/' for to support those findings under 18 U. S. C. § 4244 the district judge “would need more information than this record presents.” We also agree with the suggestion of the Solicitor General that it is not enough for the district judge to find that “the defendant [is] oriented to time and place and [has] some…

2Cited by2,830 opinions

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