STATE v. HANDY

A-68 September Term 2011, 069022

73 A.3d 421 (2013)

215 N.J. 334

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Robert HANDY, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided September 9, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith B. Fallon , First Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney).

Ashlea D. Thomas , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Jeffrey S. Chiesa, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).


Justice HOENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Defendant Robert Handy was charged with the 2004 murder of his uncle, Arthur Cooper. Pre-trial proceedings, during which the court ruled on defendant's competence to stand trial and fixed the manner and order in which he would be tried, have framed the issues that are now before this Court.

The first of the issues concerned whether defendant was competent to stand trial. Although experts conducted multiple...

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