But participants in the case suggested on Monday that there could be new talks if Dr . Johnson concludes that Kaczynski is legally competent.
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The statute does not allow the disabled individual to create his or her own trust, even if he or she is otherwise legally competent.
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The Ohio attorney general's office says despite his mental illness, Scott is legally competent to be executed, and courts thus far have agreed.
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A finding that Kaczynski is not legally competent would result in his being sent to a psychiatric institution until he is capable of rationally participating in a trial.
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Humphrey said that, under a proposed Oregon law, assisted suicide would be available only to the terminally ill who are mentally and legally competent to ask for it.
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But lawyers specializing in the law governing mental illness said the judge might well be correct that Kaczynski is legally competent because the standard of legal competence is very low.
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Lawyers specializing in the law governing mental illness, said Burrell might well be correct that Kaczynski is legally competent, because the standard of legal competence is very low.
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The judge's ruling was in keeping with a 1993 Supreme Court decision that said a person found legally competent was therefore also competent to waive his right to counsel.
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Susan Smith is legally competent to stand trial on murder charges for drowning her two sons, but will take her life at the first opportunity, a state expert said.
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Three psychological evaluations last July concluded Rajcevic, a Croatian-born naval engineer and Australian citizen, was delusional about Hingis but agreed he was legally competent to stand trial.
