Jackson v. Indiana, No. 70-5009 (U.S. Supreme Court) (406 U.S. 715; 92 S.Ct. 1845) (June 7, 1972) (Justice Blackmun)
In this case the Court held that "a person charged by a State with a criminal offense who is committed solely on account of his incapacity to proceed to be tried cannot be held more than the reasonable period of time necessary to determine whether there is a substantial probability ...
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