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KunsanVeteran · M
If it comes down to it, I fully expect his legal team to try and appeal a jail sentence on the grounds that he is not mentally competent to understand the charges against him.
That would be a “when all else fails” defense. Age alone wouldn’t be enough. He’d have to be examined by a panel of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals and would require MRI/PET/CT scans and other medical evidence to at least arrive at a “more likely than not” degree of mental incapacity to justify the claim.
That would be a “when all else fails” defense. Age alone wouldn’t be enough. He’d have to be examined by a panel of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals and would require MRI/PET/CT scans and other medical evidence to at least arrive at a “more likely than not” degree of mental incapacity to justify the claim.
DocSavage · M
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Legally incompetent would keep him out of office. They’ll have to put it off until after the election.
Legally incompetent would keep him out of office. They’ll have to put it off until after the election.
KunsanVeteran · M
@DocSavage The only way it would happen (unless ordered by a court) would be a defense when all other options failed strictly to keep him out of prison.
I won’t get into the holes in this defense because I doubt we’ll actually see it come into play.
I won’t get into the holes in this defense because I doubt we’ll actually see it come into play.
KunsanVeteran · M
@KunsanVeteran Of course the court can order him to have a competency evaluation if they have reason to…