Cooper v. Oklahoma, No. 95-5207 (U.S. Supreme Court) (517 U.S. 348; 116 S.Ct. 1373) (April 16, 1996) (Justice Stevens)
In this case a unanimous Court struck down a state statute requiring a criminal defendant to prove incompetence to stand trial by "clear and convincing evidence." The Court struck down the clear and convincing evidence standard because it found that the risks and costs of an erroneous determination of incompetency ...
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