MATTER OF WELFARE OF D.D.N.

No. C9-97-2354.

582 N.W.2d 278 (1998)

In the Matter of the WELFARE OF D.D.N.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

August 11, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Humphrey III, Attorney General, St. Paul, for respondent.

Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney, Linda K. Jenny, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, for respondent.

William E. McGee, Hennepin County Public Defender, Warren R. Sagstuen, Assistant Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Considered and decided by CRIPPEN, P.J., HARTEN and SCHULTZ, JJ.


OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

Following adjudication and disposition on a delinquency petition accusing appellant D.D.N. of a burglary offense, he challenges a pretrial determination that he is competent to proceed in the case, contending that his mental handicap prevents necessary assistance to his attorney and involves some superficiality in his understanding of the proceedings. The prosecutor's response includes the argument that delinquency proceedings may...

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