Capri
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I strongly suspect that ICA is insisting that she get to testify and THIS was the reason for the competency motion. A defendant has the absolute RIGHT to testify at their trial if they want to, and although the DT can advise against it, they cannot prevent her from doing it.
Therefore, the competency motion helps to protect them, in that it shows that they have done everything in their power to insure that she was competent despite her insistence to testify!
So, I am inclined to think she will indeed testify, against her lawyers' advice, or at least against CM's advice. Who knows what JB had advised!
I totally agree. I was convinced she wouldn't testify, now I think she will....why? because she can do it better than anyone else. JB didn't have the sense to cover his patootie, but Mason did, and got the psych evals in there, so that it's out of his hands. He can suggest, but she does what she wants. Now he's free and clear, he did his job of ensuring that she's capable of making that decision in the eyes of the court.