UNITED STATES v. ROOF

No. 17-3.

10 F.4th 314 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dylann Storm ROOF, Defendant-Appellant. Autistic Self Advocacy Network; Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network, Amici Supporting Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: August 25, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Sapna Mirchandani , Greenbelt, Maryland, Margaret Alice-Anne Farrand , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Los Angeles, California; Alexandra Wallace Yates , Concord, Massachusetts, for Appellant. Ann O'Connell Adams , Bonnie I. Robin-Vergeer , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Amy M. Karlin , Interim Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, California, James Wyda , Federal Public Defender, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Brian C. Rabbitt , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Robert A. Zink , Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Eric S. Dreiband , Assistant Attorney General, Alexander V. Maugeri , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Thomas E. Chandler , Brant S. Levine , Appellate Section, Civil Rights Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.; Peter M. McCoy, Jr. , United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, Nathan S. Williams , Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee. Samantha A. Crane , Kelly Israel , AUTISTIC SELF ADVOCACY NETWORK, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Autistic Self Advocacy Network. Lydia Brown , AUTISTIC WOMEN AND NONBINARY NETWORK, Lincoln, Nebraska, for Amicus Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network.

Affirmed by published per curiam opinion.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Overview...331

II. Background...332

A. The Crime...332

B. Arrest, Confession, and Evidence Collection...332

C. Indictment and Trial...333

D. Appeal...334

III. Issues Related to Competency...334

A. Competency Background...

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