United States v. White, No. 07-10460 (9th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed from his conviction for conducting the affairs of an enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity, conspiring to commit those acts, and committing violent crimes in aid of racketeering. Defendant contended that the district court erred when it failed to hold a competency hearing, sua sponte, to determine whether he was competent to stand trial. Based on the evidence before the district judge, including more than four years' experience with defendant, a reasonable judge in the district judge's position would not necessarily have entertained a bona fide doubt as to whether defendant had the ability to understand the nature and object of the proceedings against him and had the ability to assist in his defense. Therefore, the decision not to order a second competency hearing was within the district court's sound discretion and that discretion was not abused. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
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