Form 9-514 NMRA
Form 9-514. Order on motion for a competency evaluation.
[For use with Rule 5-602.1 NMRA]
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
COUNTY OF _______________
__________________ DISTRICT COURT
[STATE OF NEW MEXICO]
[COUNTY OF _______________]
[CITY OF ___________________]
v.
No. __________
_______________________________, Defendant.
ORDER ON [TRANSFER] [MOTION]
FOR COMPETENCY EVALUATION
[ ]
This matter comes before the Court upon transfer from the [magistrate]
[municipal] court after a finding of a reasonable belief that the defendant may not be
competent to stand trial. The defendant [ ] is [ ] is not in custody.
OR
[ ]
The Court, having considered the motion for competency evaluation [and the
response in opposition] [and after a hearing] and being otherwise fully advised in the
premises, FINDS and CONCLUDES:
[ ]
The motion is well-taken and is GRANTED because there is a reasonable belief
that the defendant may not be not competent to stand trial based upon the following:
[ ]
The facts alleged in the motion for a competency evaluation;
[ ]
The court’s observations of the defendant, described as follows: _____________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________; and
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Other: ___________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________.
[ ]
The motion is not well-taken and is DENIED.
(Complete the following only if the case has been transferred or the motion is
GRANTED)
The Court therefore ORDERS the following:
1. A competency evaluation shall be performed by __________________.
2. The evaluation shall be completed and a written report shall be filed with the
court within thirty (30) days of the filing of this order.
3. The report filed under Paragraph 2 of this order shall include the following:
(a) a description of the procedures, tests, and techniques used by the
evaluator;
(b) a clear statement of the evaluator’s clinical findings and opinions about the
defendant’s competency; and if the expert’s opinion is that the defendant is not
competent, then the expert shall further provide an opinion as to whether the defendant
satisfies the criteria for involuntary, inpatient civil commitment in accordance with the
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code or involuntary treatment in an
Assisted Outpatient Treatment program;
(c) a description of the sources of information and the factual basis for the
evaluator’s clinical findings and opinions, provided that the report shall not include
information or opinions concerning the defendant’s mental condition at the time of the
alleged crime or any statements made by the defendant regarding the alleged crime or
any other crime; and
(d) the reasoning by which the evaluator utilized the information to reach the
clinical findings and opinions.
4. Any party who objects to the conclusion set forth in the report filed under
Paragraph 2 of this order shall file that party’s objections in writing within seven (7) days
of the filing of the report.
5. The parties shall return to court for a hearing on the question of the defendant’s
competency on ________________ (date not to exceed the timelines set forth in Rule
5-602.1(I)(1)(b) NMRA) at ______________ (time), unless the court, upon its own
motion or upon the motion of the parties, rules at an earlier time on the defendant’s
competency without a hearing.
(Optional)
6. The court has considered the defendant’s conditions of release and orders the
following:
[ ] The defendant’s conditions of release shall continue until further order of the
court;
or
[ ] A hearing to set or review the defendant’s conditions of release shall be held on
____________________ (date).
7. Other:
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________.
IT IS SO ORDERED
_____________________
District Court
_____________________
Attorney for the State
_____________________
Attorney for the defendant