California Supreme Court
Jul. 12, 2012
High court decision is latest boosting death row inmates' appeals
A man on death row for nearly two decades should receive a retrospective competency hearing and possibly a new trial, the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A man on death row for nearly two decades should receive a retrospective competency hearing and possibly a new trial, the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday.
Justice Kathryn Mickle Werdegar, writing for the court, criticized a trial judge for allowing Christopher Charles Lightsey to represent himself during his competency hearing despite evidence that he was delusional and mentally unfit.
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