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Utah Code § 77-19-204.5: Procedures on finding of competency to be executed.

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  1. Title 77 Criminal Procedure
  2. Chapter 77-19 The Execution
  3. Part 77-19-2 Issues Of Pregnancy And Competency For Execution

(1) If an inmate is found competent to be executed at any time during a proceeding under this chapter, the court shall immediately transmit a certificate of the findings to the Board of Pardons and Parole and the Department of Corrections.

(2) Upon a finding that the inmate is competent to be executed:

(a) any stay imposed by the court is automatically lifted as described in Utah Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 27; and

(b) except as provided in Subsection 77-19-8(4), the court shall draw and deliver another warrant of execution, with a copy of the certificate of findings, in accordance with Section 77-19-6.

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