JUSTICE PATTERSON delivered the opinion of the Court.
When a criminal defendant is found competent to stand trial under N.J.S.A. 2C:4-4, he or she has the autonomy to make strategic decisions at trial, with the advice of counsel. Among those decisions is the choice whether or not to assert the insanity defense, which absolves a defendant...
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