The AAPL Practice Guideline for the Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation of Competence to Stand Trial provides a rich discussion of the legal standards and procedures for evaluating and determining a …

The article reviews competency laws and assessment procedures and provides an overview of forensic assessment instruments that can be used in the evaluation of competency to stand trial. The special …

Financial Considerations Financial costs associated with competency to stand trial evaluations are vast and increasing every year. In fact, competency to stand trial evaluations and subsequent treatment …

If you’ve watched enough Law and Order, you’ve probably heard the term “Incompetent to Stand Trial (IST)” or competency to stand trial. We get a lot of questions from attorneys asking us if their clients …

Washington State law requires that a defendant be mentally competent to stand trial. Washington has adopted the Dusky Standard definition which means the defendant must have a rational and factual …

Competency to Stand Trial and NGRI are separate and independent issues in a case. While both issues may be raised in the same case and the court can request joint evaluations, if both are raised the …

This directive is to establish guidelines for performing Competency to Stand Trial (CST) Evaluations. CST evaluations may only be ordered by the Family Court for juveniles or the Court of General …