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  2. United States federal laws governing defendants with mental ...

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    The law provided that even if mental competency was not raised as an issue before conviction, if a board of examiners found probable cause to believe the defendant had been incompetent at the time of his trial, the court could vacate the judgment of conviction and grant a new trial.

  3. List of United States Supreme Court cases involving mental health

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    However, there must be a formal institutional hearing, the prisoner must be found to be dangerous to himself or others, the prisoner must be diagnosed with a serious mental illness, and the mental health care professional must state that the medication prescribed is in the prisoner's best interest. 14th 1992 Riggins v. Nevada

  4. Family urges Streeting to help prisoner who set himself ...

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    In a previous report last year, the same psychiatrist said that the indefinite jail term, which had a two-year minimum tariff, was the “probable cause” of his poor mental health.

  5. Andrew Lester, suspect in Ralph Yarl shooting, to undergo ...

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    Lester appeared in court Monday morning for a preliminary hearing ahead of the trial, which was set to begin on Oct. 7. ... to the motion requesting a mental health evaluation in a filing on Aug ...

  6. List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Rehnquist ...

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    probable cause relating to the plain view doctrine under the Fourth Amendment: United States v. Dunn: 480 U.S. 294 (1987) open fields doctrine: Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca: 480 U.S. 421 (1987) Asylum applicants must show "well-founded fear" of persecution to establish their eligibility Keystone Bituminous Coal Ass ...

  7. Probable cause - Wikipedia

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    The usual definition of the probable cause standard includes “a reasonable amount of suspicion, supported by circumstances sufficiently strong to justify a prudent and cautious person’s belief that certain facts are probably true.” [6] Notably, this definition does not require that the person making the recognition must hold a public office or have public authority, which allows the ...

  8. Lawyers for men accused of killing Worcester mom, daughter ...

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    Mangual and Belnavis are due back in court for another probable cause hearing on Sept. 11, when, Judge Timothy M. Bibeau said, bail and the motions to dismiss will be revisited. Chasity Nunez ...

  9. Preliminary hearing - Wikipedia

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    In common law jurisdictions, a preliminary hearing, preliminary examination, preliminary inquiry, evidentiary hearing or probable cause hearing is a proceeding, after a criminal complaint has been filed by the prosecutor, to determine whether there is enough evidence to require a trial. At such a hearing, the defendant may be assisted by a lawyer.