Ferguson v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[F]or insanity to bar execution, the defendant must lack the capacity to understand the nature of the death penalty and why it was imposed.”
• “[F]or insanity to bar execution, the defendant - 13 - must lack the capacity to understand the nature of the death penalty and why it was imposed.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Askari Abdullah Muhammad f/k/a Thomas Knight v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2014-01-03· cited 42×
• John Ferguson v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
  Eleventh Circuit· 2013-05-21· cited 31×
• Battaglia v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2017-09-20· cited 5×
• Gore v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2013-08-13· cited 3×
• State v. Jenkins
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2019-07-19
• Duane Eugene Owen v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2023-06-09
• Jeffrey G. Hutchinson v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2025-04-30

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ford v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 1,525×
• Panetti v. Quarterman
  Supreme Court· 2007-06-28· cited 1,422×
• Johnston v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-01-21· cited 71×
• Provenzano v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-05-25· cited 10×
• Medina v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-03-19· cited 2×