Certiorari Denied October 2, 2000. See 121 S.Ct. 241.
MOSK, J.
We granted review to resolve an important issue under the law that governs inquiry into the mental competence of a defendant in a criminal prosecution.
For a trial of a defendant's mental competence, Penal Code section 1369 establishes a presumption that the defendant is mentally competent unless he is proved by a preponderance of the evidence to be otherwise. In so doing, it operates to...
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