17-10-69


17-10-69.
If an applicant is determined to have previously filed an application under this article and has previously been determined to be mentally competent to be executed, such prior adjudication shall act as a presumption of mental competency and the applicant shall not be entitled to a new hearing on the question of mental competency to be executed absent the applicant´s making a prima-facie showing of a substantial change in circumstances sufficient to raise a significant question as to the applicant´s mental competency to be executed at the time of filing of any subsequent applications.