Ruling unlikely to overturn Duncan’s pleas

                   
thenewstribune.com     May 16, 2008            

BOISE – Even if confessed child killer Joseph Edward Duncan is found mentally incompetent to represent himself at his federal sentencing hearing, his previous guilty pleas will likely stand, legal experts say. “The law is that if you are incompetent, the proceedings are suspended,” Rodney Uphoff,... [read full story]                

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Joseph Duncan trial to be delayed further

kbcitv.com     May 13, 2008          

Story Created: May 13, 2008 at 2:51 PM MDT BOISE - The federal death penalty hearing for Joseph Edward Duncan III will be delayed again while Duncan undergoes additional mental evaluations, a judge has decided. U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge ordered the additional evaluation on Tuesday. The...                

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Duncan trial to be delayed for additional mental evaluations

ktvb.com     May 13, 2008          

Associated Press BOISE -- The federal death penalty hearing for Joseph Edward Duncan III will be delayed again while Duncan undergoes additional mental evaluations, a judge has decided. U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge ordered the additional evaluation on Tuesday. The court is trying to determine...                

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Further delay in Duncan case

spokesmanreview.com     May 13, 2008          

U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge announced today that even after receiving an evaluation of confessed killer Joseph Duncan’s mental competency, he’s not ready to rule on whether Duncan can act as his own attorney in his death penalty hearings until there’s further review.In a press release, the...                

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Duncan trial to be delayed further

nwsource.com     May 14, 2008          

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOISE, Idaho -- The federal death penalty hearing for Joseph Edward Duncan III will be delayed again while Duncan undergoes additional mental evaluations, a judge has decided. U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge ordered the additional evaluation on Tuesday to help him decide if...                

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Duncan trial to be delayed further

montanasnewsstation.com     May 14, 2008          

Associated Press - May 13, 2008 9:44 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The federal death penalty hearing for Joseph Edward Duncan III will be delayed again while Duncan undergoes additional mental evaluations, a judge has decided. U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge ordered the additional evaluation today....                

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BOISE: Duncan’s death penalty hearing delayed for mental evaluations

thenewstribune.com     May 14, 2008          

The federal death penalty hearing for Joseph Edward Duncan III will be delayed again while Duncan undergoes additional mental evaluations, a judge has decided. U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge on Tuesday ordered the additional evaluation to help him decide if Duncan is competent to represent...                

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Duncan delay will be a long one

spokesmanreview.com     May 14, 2008          

The federal court has issued an order advising the more than 300 potential jurors in the Joseph Duncan case that their term as potential jurors is being extended due to the delays in the case – the judge has ordered a second mental evaluation of the defendant – and that all prospective jurors are...                

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What if Duncan's not found competent?

spokesmanreview.com     May 15, 2008          

The latest development in the Joseph Duncan sentencing raises a major question: What happens to the case against the confessed killer if psychological evaluations find he’s mentally incompetent? Duncan is set to undergo a second mental evaluation, ordered by U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge this...                

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Duncan guilty pleas unlikely to be undone if he's ruled incompetent

ktvb.com     May 15, 2008          

Associated Press BOISE -- Legal experts say the previous guilty pleas of confessed child killer Joseph Duncan will likely not be voided if he's found mentally incompetent to represent himself in his sentencing hearing. Rodney Uphoff is a law professor at the University of Missouri and an expert...                

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Duncan pleas unlikely to be undone if he's ruled incompetent

nwsource.com     May 16, 2008          

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOISE, Idaho -- Even if confessed child killer Joseph Duncan is found mentally incompetent to represent himself at his federal sentencing hearing, his previous guilty pleas will likely stand, legal experts say. "The law is that if you are incompetent, the proceedings are...                

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