Legal Opinion
State v. Fife
Court of Appeals of Utah
Decided February 8, 1996No. 950256-CAPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GREENWOOD, Judge:
Defendant David Leslie Fife appeals the trial court’s refusal to give him credit for time spent in the Utah State Hospital pending a determination that he was competent to stand trial. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
In 1992, defendant was charged, by information, with forcible sexual abuse, a second degree felony, in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-404 (1995). Defendant’s attorney filed a petition to inquire into defendant’s competency to proceed to trial, pursuant to Utah Code Ann. § 77-15-3 (1995). The trial court found defendant to be incompetent to stand trial and ordered…
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