Free Motion for Order of Competency to Stand Trial - District Court of California - California

Case 3:07-cr-03266-JAH

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Filed 02/11/2008

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BERNARD G. SKOMAL Attorney at Law 1010 2nd Ave., Ste. 1850 San Diego,CA 92101 Bar Number 116239 (619) 230-6500 Attorney for Defendant Jose Ramon Diaz-Corral

5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 9 Plaintiff, 10 11 12 13 14 I, Bernard G. Skomal, declare that the following is true and 15 correct under penalty of perjury: 16 (1) I am the attorney appointed to represent the above charged 17 defendant. 18 violation of Title 8 USC section 1326. 19 made aware of a forensic report conducted by the Federal Bureau of 20 Prisons on Feb. 2, 2002 which dealt with the defendant's competency 21 to stand trial in case 00cr3847-L. 22 was diagnosed with schizophrenia. 23 a review of the docket report for case 00cr3847 in which Judge 24 Lorenz on Sept. 11, 2001 found the defendant not competent, counsel 25 questioned the defendant about his understanding of the case. 26 Based on that interview, I have reasonable cause to believe that 27 the defendant may not be competent to proceed as defined under 28 Based on this report as well as In that report the defendant On Feb. 8, 2008 counsel was On Jan. 17, 2008 the defendant pled guilty to a v. JOSE RAMON DIAZ-CORRAL, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 07cr3266-JAH Declaration of Counsel UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case 3:07-cr-03266-JAH

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Title 18 section 4241(a).

3 Dated: Feb. 11, 2008 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

Respectfully Submitted, /s/ Bernard G. Skomal Bernard G. Skomal Attorney for Defendant