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Title: Gossett v. State of Oklahoma Ex Rel. Board of Regents for Langston University
Author : Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Release Date : January 10, 2001
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 83 KB

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Billy Keith McGregor was convicted under Oklahoma law of first- degree murder and sentenced to death. A panel of this Court affirmed the district courts denial of habeas relief to McGregor. We subsequently granted rehearing en banc to review our standard for assessing procedural competency claims. This standard is of particular importance in the aftermath of the Supreme Courts unanimous decision in Cooper v. Oklahoma, 517 U.S. 348 (1996), holding unconstitutional the Oklahoma law requiring criminal defendants to prove incompetency to stand trial by clear and convincing evidence.