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Abstract: 

A criminal defendant must be competent to be tried, to enter a plea, and to participate in sentencing. One way to phrase the competency question is to ask: Is the defendant mentally able to play the role assigned him in these phases of the criminal process? Does he understand the charges? Can he provide mitigating evidence? Can he assist counsel? Threatening communications to Jensen's former attorney and former probation officer result in revocation of his supervised release and the question: mental health treatment facility or incarceration.

Keywords: U.S. v. Jensen; 18 U.S.C. § 4244

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