Opinion ID: 761049
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Competency and Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Text: 45 Ellick's supplemental brief appears to argue both that he was incompetent to stand trial and that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel. As to the competency issue, we have reviewed the transcript of the competency hearing and find that the court's determination that Ellick was competent to stand trial was not clearly erroneous or arbitrary. See United States v. Crews, 781 F.2d 826, 833 (10th Cir.1986) (citing Wolcott v. United States, 407 F.2d 1149, 1150 (10th Cir.1969)). As for Ellick's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, we decline to review it on direct appeal. See United States v. Galloway, 56 F.3d 1239, 1240 (10th Cir.1995). 46 For the foregoing reasons, we AFFIRM.