Competency to Stand Trial
Current capacity to understand proceedings and assist counsel
Criminal Evaluation Services
Direct Answer
Dr. Lodhi's criminal forensic evaluations are distinguished by his ability to identify and document the neuropsychiatric basis for impaired competency, diminished criminal responsibility, or mitigating neurological factors. His BNNP fellowship training enables him to assess how brain injury, neurocognitive disorders, or neurodevelopmental conditions affect a defendant's understanding, intent, and decision-making: the core questions in competency, NGRI, and mitigation evaluations.
Competency to Stand Trial
A constitutional requirement (Dusky v. United States, 1960) that the defendant have a rational and factual understanding of the proceedings and sufficient ability to consult with their attorney. Dr. Lodhi evaluates whether conditions such as TBI, dementia, intellectual disability, or psychotic disorders affect the defendant's competency, and provides opinions on competency status, specific functional deficits, and restoration potential.
Criminal Responsibility (NGRI)
Assessment of the defendant's mental state at the time of the alleged offense, addressing whether a mental disease or defect prevented understanding the nature and quality of the act or knowing it was wrong. Dr. Lodhi's neuropsychiatric expertise is particularly valuable when brain pathology (rather than purely psychiatric conditions) underlies the defendant's impaired mental state.
Sentencing Mitigation
In capital and serious felony cases, Dr. Lodhi provides neuropsychiatric mitigation evaluations documenting brain injury, neurodevelopmental disorders, CTE, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, and other neurological conditions that may warrant sentencing consideration.
Violence Risk Assessment
Evidence-based evaluation of violence risk using validated actuarial and structured professional judgment instruments, supplemented by neuropsychiatric assessment of brain-based risk factors including executive dysfunction, impulse control impairment, and traumatic brain injury history.
Criminal Responsibility / NGRI
Mental state at the time of the offense
Diminished Capacity
Inability to form specific intent due to mental condition
Sentencing Mitigation
Neuropsychiatric factors for sentencing consideration
Capital Defense
Brain-based mitigation in death penalty cases
Violence Risk Assessment
Actuarial and clinical risk evaluation
Competency to Waive Rights
Miranda waiver, plea competency
Restoration Evaluations
Assessment of competency restoration potential
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