Law Practice,
Criminal
Jun. 23, 2017
Criminal competency in California courts
The procedure for determining competency for a criminal defendant confuses many attorneys, even criminal attorneys.
Hall of Justice
Christopher M. Honigsberg
Presiding Judge
Sonoma County Superior Court
University of San Francisco School of Law, 2005
The procedure for determining competency for a criminal defendant confuses many attorneys, even criminal attorneys. The laws are different from the laws to determine guilt and the standard is not whether a criminal defendant is mentally ill or seemingly "unstable." The statutory scheme is long, dense and some sections are particularly complex.
However, with an understanding of the basics, any attorney may navigate the field of crimi...
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