Objective: To assess the complexity of the mental state in terms of court trial participation of a person accused of communist crimes 50 years ago.
Method: A description of the need for multiple tests at an interval of 16 months in connection with verifying the ability to participate in the trial.
Results: In the first opinion, team of experts put the diagnosis: characteristics of an organic brain syndrome in the form of mild dementia. In the second opinion, done after 16 months, experts recognised the developing process of a moderate dementia.
Conclusions: In a 80-year-old person for whom the opinion was issued, in over 16 months there has been a significant increase in the process of dementia, which eventually prevented participation in the trial.