Legal Opinion
State v. Handy
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided September 9, 2013PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hoens
Defendant Robert Handy was charged with the 2004 murder of his uncle, Arthur Cooper. Pre-trial proceedings, during which the court ruled on defendant’s competence to stand trial and fixed the manner and order in which he would be tried, have framed the issues that are now before this Court.
The first of the issues concerned whether defendant was competent to stand trial. Although experts conducted multiple evaluations of defendant for the purpose of determining his competency and although two experts testified at a competency hearing, counsel did not engage in a debate about defendant’s…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Crane v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Spencer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Indiana v. EdwardsSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
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3Cited by18 opinions
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