If a defendant is found incompetent to stand trial,
A) the case against the defendant is simply dismissed
B) the defendant may be confined for treatment to restore competence, but may not be confined indefinitely
C) the defendant without further legal proceedings is sent directly to a state mental hospital
D) it doesn't matter because the trial will go on anyway and the defendant will be found guilty
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Q24: Mental health professionals perform
A) Many more evaluations
Q25: Psychometric measures used to evaluate competency should
Q26: For defendants, competence to plead guilty is
Q27: Research on competency evaluations demonstrated that
A) long,
Q28: The legal standard for competence to stand
Q30: Of those found incompetent to stand trial
Q31: Defendants who may be incompetent to stand
Q32: Defendants who act as their own lawyers
Q33: Criminal defendants with a political agenda
A) often
Q34: The policy not to execute a mentally
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