tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post6012202406622350888..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Incompetent defendants may wait decades pretrial with no rights, optionsGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-8666649563792498632012-07-04T10:13:28.902-05:002012-07-04T10:13:28.902-05:00My 18 year old daughter who has never been in trou...My 18 year old daughter who has never been in trouble was arrested for trespassing. While in jail an officer their through her to the ground ch8in first and she blocked his hits. Her filed felony assault charges on her. She did not understand she had been charged with a felony, because she did not do anything. The public defender ordered a compentency evaluation on her which deemed her incompetent to stand trial. The felony assault charge was dropped but the misdemeanor judge is sending her to a state hospital. She has now been in jail over thirty days and is very much competent.fydixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269809939652735762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-63536008623850891202012-05-29T08:30:29.809-05:002012-05-29T08:30:29.809-05:00Anonymous 1:31 and Anonymous 3:54
You make very g...Anonymous 1:31 and Anonymous 3:54<br /><br />You make very good points and in total agreement. Judges get a bad rap for prosecutors dragging their ass. This goes back to Prosecutor accountability. Until they are required to "show for the money" their will be little to no quality assurances in place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-59403331381194739102012-05-28T15:54:20.061-05:002012-05-28T15:54:20.061-05:00Actually, in the Reinke case it's the prosecut...Actually, in the Reinke case it's the prosecution that is keeping him in the competency restoration cycle - they are claiming they can keep him there indefinitely. His lawyer argues that after 20 years - the maximum sentence he could face - he needs to be out of the criminal and into the civil commitment zone. The case is pending in the CCA at present.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-38289978029412355182012-05-28T13:31:21.447-05:002012-05-28T13:31:21.447-05:00Do you only mean folks judged mentally incompetent...Do you only mean folks judged mentally incompetent?<br /> So the rest of us defendants, for lack of an attorney who cares or is competent, are NOT incompetent?<br /> And if we're broke, so the court appoints a defense attorney, does that make us incompetent? <br /> I'd think more and more folks are not going to be able to defined themselves against the growing numbers of bogus "crimes" defined by legislature and evolved policies of revenue-raisers. <br /><br />Oh, crapcha, it's Captcha.johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02808884177035705472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-10280151803720185922012-05-28T08:29:47.995-05:002012-05-28T08:29:47.995-05:00I'm a long way from Texas, but I need to say t...I'm a long way from Texas, but I need to say that psych patients are the same all over--very, very few charges are for violent offenses. People with mental illness are much more often victims of violence than perpetrators. Charges are usually for nuisance offenses, socially inappropriate or unlawful activities that persist and annoy others--things that can't be dealt with and have to involve the police. People with mental illness are not really more dangerous than the rest of us.<br /><br />Obviously, community treatment is far, far cheaper than jail, state hospital, or prison. Even close management in the community.Arachne646https://www.blogger.com/profile/14855631604555443584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-84907919756453707842012-05-27T17:23:13.750-05:002012-05-27T17:23:13.750-05:00judges are the only ones who allow crap like this ...judges are the only ones who allow crap like this to happen. not surprised that a judge didn't close a case in 20 years - some lawyer buddies must have been making tons of money on this one. pointing fingers elsewhere is dumb - its the judges.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com