mental competency

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• Competency evaluation (law) — In the United States criminal justice system, a competency evaluation is an assessment of the ability of a defendant to understand and rationally participate in a court process. Competency was originally established by the Supreme Court of the… …   Wikipedia

• competency — com·pe·ten·cy / käm pə tən sē/ n 1: the quality or state of being mentally competent compare capacity, incompetence, insanity 2: the quality or s …   Law dictionary

• Mental health — describes either a level of cognitive or emotional well being or an absence of a mental disorder.[1][2] From perspectives of the discipline of positive psychology or holism mental health may include an individual s ability to enjoy life and… …   Wikipedia

• competency — In the law of evidence, the presence of those characteristics, or the absence of those disabilities, which render a witness legally fit and qualified to give testimony in a court of justice; applied, in the same sense, to documents or other… …   Black's law dictionary

• competency — In the law of evidence, the presence of those characteristics, or the absence of those disabilities, which render a witness legally fit and qualified to give testimony in a court of justice; applied, in the same sense, to documents or other… …   Black's law dictionary

• Mental health professional — A mental health professional is a health care practitioner who offers services for the purpose of improving an individual s mental health or to treat mental illness. This broad category includes psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, clinical… …   Wikipedia

• competency — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Physical, mental, financial, or legal power to perform: ability, capability, capacity, competence, faculty, might. See ABILITY. 2. Law. Conferred power: authority, faculty, mandate, right. Law: competence. Stability …   English dictionary for students

• United States v. Binion — 900 S.W.2d 702 (2005) is a case in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit applied the recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions ( United States v. Booker , ussc|543|220|2005 and United States v. Fanfan , 543 U.S. 220 (2005) in reviewing …   Wikipedia

• José Padilla (prisoner) — For other uses, see José Padilla. José Padilla Born October 18, 1970 (1970 10 18) (age 41) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Alias(es) Abdullah al Muhajir or Muhajir Abdu …   Wikipedia

• Donald Ray Wallace — Jr., a 47 year old white male, was executed by lethal injection at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Indiana on March 10, 2005. Wallace was found guilty of the 1980 murder of Patrick Gilligan, a 30 year old white male, Teresa Gilligan, a …   Wikipedia