United States Tenth Circuit

The record does not show that the court properly exercised its discretion on the basis of the parties' arguments, thus the need for a competency evaluation must be made in accordance with the standard of 18 U.S.C. section 4241(a).

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/18/2002
• Published 09/18/2002

Judges

• PAUL KELLY, Jr., Circuit Judge., Before KELLY, McKAY, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• John W. Suthers, United States Attorney and Kathleen L. Torres, Assistant United States Attorney, Denver, CO, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Michael G. Katz, Federal Public Defender and Matthew Golla, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellant.