Case Dispositions of Temporarily Trial-Incompetent Criminal Defendants

• NCJ Number: 105117
• Journal: Journal of Psychiatry and Law Volume: 13 Issue: 3-4 Dated: (Fall-Winter 1985) Pages: 435-448
• Author(s): P A Fontaine
• Date Published: 1985
• Length: 14 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

The case dispositions of criminal defendants with a history of temporary trial incompetency were compared to dispositions of the criminal defendant population in Atlanta, Georgia.

Abstract

The comparison revealed no significant intergroup differences in respect to sentencing patterns. In regard to prosecution rates, temporarily trialincompetent defendants were significantly more often prosecuted for the crimes of trespass and rape. (Publisher abstract)