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Dusky v. United States 362 U.S. 402 (1960) was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court affirmed a defendant’s right to have a competency evaluation before proceeding to trial. In this case the court outlined the basic standards for determining competency.Milton Dusky a 33 year old man was charged with assisting in the kidnapping and rape of an underage female.