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"If I am incompetent now, I have been incompetent since the day I was born," Muhammad said.

Prosecutors challenged the diagnosis by Yale University psychiatrist Dorothy Lewis, saying she had commented to the media before Muhammad and Malvo were arrested that the sniper was likely psychotic.

Prosecutor Vivek Chopra said the psychiatrist's report was biased and had been crafted to fit the earlier conclusion.

Ryan said he believed Muhammad understood the gravity of deciding to represent himself.

But he repeatedly warned the defendant that he was potentially hobbling his case by going forward with no legal training and little courtroom experience.

The judge appointed Muhammad's defense attorneys, Paul DeWolfe and Brian Shefferman, as standby counsel to help him prepare for the trial.

They said they have not decided whether to accept the assignment.

They said afterward that the judge had refused to hold a full hearing with witnesses.

"We feel we didn't get a chance to present and document evidence of a serious mental illness," DeWolfe said.

"He is very ill; he is mentally ill." Muhammad has seven boxes of court records with him in prison and a DVD that contains 30,000 pages of documents, according to testimony.

Muhammad briefly represented himself during his trial in Virginia, delivering an opening statement and cross-examining at least one witness.

He allowed his attorneys to retake control of the case after he complained of pain from an abscessed tooth.

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"If I am incompetent now, I have been incompetent since the day I was born," Muhammad said.

Prosecutors challenged the diagnosis by Yale University psychiatrist Dorothy Lewis, saying she had commented to the media before Muhammad and Malvo were arrested that the sniper was likely psychotic.

Prosecutor Vivek Chopra said the psychiatrist's report was biased and had been crafted to fit the earlier conclusion.

Ryan said he believed Muhammad understood the gravity of deciding to represent himself.

But he repeatedly warned the defendant that he was potentially hobbling his case by going forward with no legal training and little courtroom experience.

The judge appointed Muhammad's defense attorneys, Paul DeWolfe and Brian Shefferman, as standby counsel to help him prepare for the trial.

They said they have not decided whether to accept the assignment.

They said afterward that the judge had refused to hold a full hearing with witnesses.

"We feel we didn't get a chance to present and document evidence of a serious mental illness," DeWolfe said.

"He is very ill; he is mentally ill." Muhammad has seven boxes of court records with him in prison and a DVD that contains 30,000 pages of documents, according to testimony.

Muhammad briefly represented himself during his trial in Virginia, delivering an opening statement and cross-examining at least one witness.

He allowed his attorneys to retake control of the case after he complained of pain from an abscessed tooth.

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