Fourth Circuit Adopts Narrow Test for Determining Incompetence to Be Executed
Walton v. Johnson, 440 F.3d 160 (4th Cir. 2006)
Sitting en bane, the Fourth Circuit in a seven to-six ruling held that the test for determining whether a criminal defendant is competent to be executed is limited to whether the condemned inmate is able to comprehend that he or she is sentenced to death and the reason why...