VILLAFANE

v.

CONNECTICUT

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. Rinchack, 820 F.2d 1557 (11th Cir. 1987)
  …upra, 486 F. 2d at 1292, a court may take the result of prior competency determinations into account in determining whether a Section 3006A(e) appointment is “necessary.” See United States v. Lincoln, 542 F. 2d 746, 749 (8th Cir.1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1106, 97 S.Ct. 1138, 51 L.Ed.2d 558 (1977); Brinkley v. United States, 498 F. 2d 505, 510 n. 2 (8th Cir.1974); Chavis, supra, 476 F. 2d at 1143. While the court also had some evidence before it which supported Rinchack’s incompetency claim, most notably…
• United States v. Lawson, 653 F.2d 299 (7th Cir. 1981)
  …fendant, the court held that brevity of observation would not affect admissibility but rather only the weight of the evidence. Id. at 385. . 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(e)(l). . See United States v. Lincoln, 542 F. 2d 746, 749 (8th Cir. 1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1106, 97 S.Ct. 1138, 51 L.Ed.2d 558 (1976) (in determining the reasonableness of the defendant’s request for psychiatric services, the court may consider the results of other competency examinations).…
• United States v. Alden, 767 F.2d 314 (7th Cir. 1984)
  …, and it was entirely appropriate for the court to consider the conclusions of those experts in ruling on the defendants’ requests. See United States v. Lawson, 653 F. 2d at 304; United States v. Lincoln, 542 F. 2d 746, 749 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1106, 97 S.Ct. 1138, 51 L.Ed.2d 558 (1976); United States v. Hamlet, 480 F. 2d 556, 557 (5th Cir.1973).3 The district court also properly conducted ex parte hearings on the defendants’ motions, and the court explicitly stated that the impression that it…