Competency pertains to a legal defendant's ability to understand the nature of the legal proceedings,while sanity pertains to the defendant's state of mind at the time of the crime.

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Competency and sanity are two different concepts, with competency relating to a defendant's present ability to understand legal proceedings, and sanity relating to their state of mind at the time the crime allegedly occurred.

Competency Pertains to a Legal Defendant's Ability to Understand the Nature