What is the current state law and federal due process for a mentally incompetent defendant?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jackson, F066062 (Cal. App. 2015):
More specifically, state law and federal due process bar the trial or conviction of a mentally incompetent defendant. (People v. Rogers (2006) 39 Cal.4th 826, 846.) Both
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