Legal Opinion
Dezso John Lokos v. Walter Capps, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 18, 1980No. 79-2771PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
On the night of December 13, 1963 Dezso John Lokos invaded the home of Leonard H. Culpepper, bound him and shot him dead, and dumped his body into a well. Lokos was tried and sentenced by the Alabama court — first to death but then commuted to life imprisonment. Further information about the crime, its repulsive perpetrator, and the 16 year old legal enterprise concerning his disposition, may be found elsewhere. 1 Our concern at this point is the competency of Lokos to stand trial in 1964. We now hold that the constitutional requirements of Pate v. Robinson, 383 U.S.…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Dickey v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Bishop v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by118 opinions
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