Behavior of the Defendant in a Competency-to-Stand-Trial Evaluation Becomes an Issue in Sentencing

摘要

### Fabricating Mental Illness in a Competency-to-Stand-Trial Evaluation Used to Enhance Sentencing Level After a Guilty Plea In United States v. Binion , 132 Fed. Appx. 89 (8th Cir. 2005), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit applied the recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions ( United