SB 1405 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Evaluation and determination of competency; raising question of competency to stand trial or plead.

Summary
Raising question of competency to stand trial or plead; evaluation and determination of competency; second evaluation. Provides that if the attorney for an adult or juvenile charged with a criminal offense asks for a hearing to prove that such adult or juvenile is incompetent to stand trial, the attorney for the Commonwealth may seek his own competency evaluation for such adult or juvenile to present at such hearing.
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Jan 2025
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Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Last action Jan 22, 2025
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Jan 14, 2025
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Jan 14, 2025
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 25104616D
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Danny Diggs
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