Faking Trial Incompetence Can Lead to Obstruction of Justice Charge
Author: Fred Cohen.
Source: Volume 17, Number 04, November/December 2015 , pp.57-57(1)
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Abstract:
In United States v. Wilbourn, ___F.3d ___ (7th cir. 2015), a case of first impression for the Seventh Circuit, Judge Richard Posner upholds the trial judge who imposed a significant sentencing enhancement after finding that a bank robbery defendant’s claim of incompetence was so far-fetched and factually deficient as to constitute the willful obstruction of justice in an effort to delay or derail prosecution.Keywords: United States v. Wilbourn; competence to stand trial
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