Indiana v. Edwards | |
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Argued March 26, 2008 Decided June 19, 2008 | |
Full case name | State of Indiana v. Ahmad Edwards |
Docket no. | 07-208 |
Citations | 554 U.S. 164 (more) 128 S. Ct. 2379; 171 L. Ed. 2d 345 |
Case history | |
Prior | Conviction reversed by the Indiana Supreme Court, 866 N.E.2d 252 (Ind. 2007) |
Holding | |
A criminal defendant who is competent to stand trial may nevertheless be found incompetent to represent himself at that trial. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Breyer, joined by Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Alito |
Dissent | Scalia, joined by Thomas |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amends. VI, XIV |
Indiana v. Edwards, 554 U.S. 164 (2008), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the standard for competency to stand trial was not linked to the standard for competency to represent oneself.