Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Ives v. United States

445 U.S. 919

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1980-03-03
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • referring to the Model Penal Code’s definition adopted in Wion v. United States, 325 F.2d 420, 430 (10th Cir.1963), cert. denied, 377 U.S. 946, 84 S.Ct. 1354, 12 L.Ed.2d 309 (1964)
  • "Further inquiry is required whenever there is information available to the court which raises sufficient doubt regarding a defendant's competence to stand trial"
  • if insufficient evidence to corroborate accomplice witness testimony, evidence is legally insufficient and judgment of acquittal must be rendered

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C. A. 9th. Cir. Certiorari denied.