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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Heytens finds the lower court denied to dismiss the indictment under the Speedy Trial Act. The defendant has a long history of mental illness and substance abuse. After an episode that started with him knocking on a stranger’s door to ask for a drink of water and ended with him pulling a gun, he was convicted of possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony. The defendant's trial was significantly delayed after he was declared incompetent, an allowed exception to the Act. Affirmed.
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