ABSTRACT
As reading of the below will illustrate, competency issues present in a variety of ways when dealing with methamphetamine cases. Specically, although competency to stand trial is focused on the present condition of the individual and his or her ability to meet certain standards that have been at least to some extent articulated as necessary for participation in his or her defense, competency to confess and competency to proceed are also implicated where methamphetamine may have interfered with capacity to make decisions at the time of arrest or at some other identied points in processing.
