NICOLAU

v.

MURESANU

Citator

Cited By

• Rector v. Clark, 923 F.2d 570 (8th Cir. 1991)
  …etency to. stand trial is a factual issue for the state court to decide. Finding no basis to question the state court’s findings, those findings are presumed to be correct. See Wright v. Minnesota, 833 F. 2d 746, 748-49 (8th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 485 U.S. 1011, 108 S.Ct. 1481, 99 L.Ed.2d 709 (1988); Beans v. Black, 757 F. 2d 933, 935 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 979, 106 S.Ct. 381, 88 L.Ed.2d 334 (1985); 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d). Finally, petitioner claims that the final report of the MCFP supports his…
• Stanley v. A.L. Lockhart, 941 F.2d 707 (8th Cir. 1991)
  …consult with his attorney with a reasonable degree of rational understanding. More is not required. Drope v. Missouri, 420 U.S. 162, 172, 95 S.Ct. 896, 904, 43 L.Ed.2d 103 (1975); Wright v. Minnesota, 833 F. 2d 746, 748 (8th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 485 U.S. 1011, 108 S.Ct. 1481, 99 L.Ed.2d 709 (1988). We agree with the district court’s holding that Stanley’s trial attorney was not ineffective for failing to request a mental examination of Stanley and that Stanley was mentally competent to enter the guilty…
• Griffin v. A.L. Lockhart, 935 F.2d 926 (8th Cir. 1991)
  …ocess.1 See Drope v. Missouri, 420 U.S. 162, 172, 95 S.Ct. 896, 904, 43 L.Ed.2d 103 (1975); Pate v. Robinson, 383 U.S. 375, 378, 86 S.Ct. 836, 838, 15 L.Ed.2d 815 (1966); Wright v. State of Minnesota, 833 F. 2d 746, 748 (8th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 485 U.S. 1011, 108 S.Ct. 1481, 99 L.Ed.2d 709 (1988). Second, due process requires that a hearing be held whenever evidence raises a sufficient doubt about the mental competency of an accused to stand trial.2 See Drope, 420 U.S. at 180, 95 S.Ct. at 908; Pate, 38…