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If he’s mentally incompetent to stand trial, that should have been brought up during pre trial.
They lost. They don’t get to rewind now that they don’t like the sentence.
Yeah, but he’s not mentally incompetent. This is an established behavior pattern for him. He tried this before last year with his ADHD. It was an obvious ploy then. It is an obvious ploy now.
It's a dumb tactic because ADHD does not render you incapable of standing trial.
Neither does being autistic.
Neither ADHD nor autism count as 'insanity' defences. They're neurological conditions, not mental illnesses that alter the perceived state of reality.
They're being advanced as mitigating factors for sentencing. He's entitled to do that and any competent lawyer would (and should) be making these arguments.