JASON93 / LEGAL TECHSearch the reference
AuthorityCurrent through August 26, 2026View as Markdown

Legal review · Links checked : the source is available · Scope & methodology

This record is not a citator check. Confirm later history and treatment before relying on it.

authority type
case
jurisdiction
federal_nationwide
publication status
published_united_states_reports
precedential status
binding
decision or issuance date
1966-03-07
subsequent history
Official source reviewed through 2026-08-25.
negative treatment status
Official primary sources checked through 2026-08-25; comprehensive commercial citator not run.
material limitations
Use only for the bounded propositions and limitations stated in the linked canonical modules.

Open official source ↗

Linked modules

Pate v. Robinson

Holding used

Constitutionally sufficient doubt about competency triggers a hearing duty that cannot be defeated by treating the incompetent defendant as having waived it.

Material limitation

The federal statutory reasonable-cause trigger and circuit descriptions of the record threshold must also be checked.

Official source and pinpoints

383 U.S. 375, 384–86 (1966): https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-383/pdf/USREPORTS-383-375.pdf