Criminal,
California Supreme Court
Nov. 27, 2018
Judge should have stopped trial when defendant went off his medication, court rules
In a unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court determined the superior court judge should have held a competency hearing instead of allowing the murder trial to continue.
A judge violated a defendant's due process rights when he allowed a trial to proceed in spite of the defendant being off his psychiatric medication, the state's high court ruled Monday.
In a unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court determined Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry should have suspended criminal proceedings and held a competency hearing when defense counsel first raised doubts her client was not competen...
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