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J.K. v. STATE

Court of Appeals No. A-13372.

469 P.3d 434 (2020)

J.K., Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

July 17, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Renee McFarland , Assistant Public Defender, and Beth Goldstein , Acting Public Defender, Anchorage, for the Petitioner.

Nancy R. Simel , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Criminal Appeals, Anchorage, and Kevin G. Clarkson , Attorney General, Juneau, for the Respondent.

Before: Allard, Chief Judge, and Wollenberg and Harbison, Judges.

OPINION

A criminal defendant is incompetent to stand trial when, as a result of a mental disease or defect, the defendant is "unable to understand the proceedings against the defendant or to assist in the defendant's own defense."1 It is a violation of due process to try a defendant who is incompetent...

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