Supreme Court of California

A defense attorney may waive a jury and the right to present live witnesses in a competency hearing and may validly submit a competency determination on the available psychiatric reports under Penal Code 1368-1369.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/20/2001
• Published 08/20/2001

Judges

• WERDEGAR, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Marvin Rous, San Francisco, and Mark Farbman, San Rafael, under appointments by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant., Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, W. Scott Thorpe and Jane N. Kirkland, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.