Report to the Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules regarding the proposal to amend Rule 12.2. Procedures governing court-ordered mental examinations are presented as they have been implemented in a sample of districts with extensive death penalty experience.
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Court-Ordered Mental Examinations of Capital Defendants: Procedures in Ten States
March 26, 1999