Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Supreme Court hears arguments on competence in capital cases
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] heard oral arguments [day call, PDF] in two related cases [JURIST report] on Tuesday. In Tibbals v. Carter [transcript, PDF], the court considered the "right to competence" in habeas corpus cases and whether a federal district judge can order an indefinite stay of a habeas action under precedent set in Rees v. Peyton [text]. In Tibbals, the Solicitor General (SG) argued that habeas claims cannot be stayed indefinitely until a defendant is competent....
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