Evidence of AIDS dementia may void defendant's guilty plea. Clearinghouse, AIDS Newsletter Database, P.O. Box 6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003. 800-458-5231 ext. 5714. A fee will apply.

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Evidence of AIDS dementia may void defendant's guilty plea. Clearinghouse, AIDS Newsletter Database, P.O. Box 6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003. 800-458-5231 ext. 5714. A fee will apply.

AIDS Policy Law. 1997 Jun 27;12(12):7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/97702700

Abstract: A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that a district court failed to address Dee Deirdre Farmer's AIDS-related dementia when she entered a guilty plea on credit card fraud. Farmer is a male-to-female transsexual who did not learn she was mentally impaired until prison records from a related case indicated that her symptoms supported a diagnosis of dementia arising from HIV-associated encephalopathy. The dementia and medicines that Farmer was taking impaired her ability to comprehend the significance of a guilty plea.

Keywords: *AIDS Dementia Complex *Jurisprudence *Mental Competency
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