Supreme Court of Florida· 6/11/1998
Hardy v. State
Citations
- 716 So. 2d 761
- 1998 WL 306613
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding trial court did not abuse discretion in finding defendant competent where there was conflicting expert testimony regarding the defendant's competency
- holding trial court did not abuse discretion in finding defendant competent where there was conflicting expert testimony regarding the defendant's competency
- holding testimony from jail employees regarding a defendant's conduct is relevant in determining competency
- affirming admission of defendant's statement of intent made up to two months prior to murder
- affirming circuit court finding of competency where supported by testimony of three out of five experts, testimony from jail employees regarding prisoner's abilities to communicate and participate in activities, and circuit court's own observations of demeanor and ability to assist counsel
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Judges: Per Curiam
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26 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Boyd v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 2005-06-16· cited 116×
- Hertz v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 2001-11-01· cited 63×
- Guzman v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 1998-10-01· cited 61×
- Mora v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 2002-01-24· cited 40×
- Perry v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 2001-10-18· cited 38×
- Hernandez-Alberto v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 2004-09-23· cited 36×
- Bryant v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 2001-04-05· cited 33×
- Gore v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 2009-12-10· cited 27×
- Alston v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 2004-10-14· cited 27×
- Bailey v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 2008-12-18· cited 24×
- Ferguson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 2001-05-10· cited 22×
- John Steven Huggins v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida· 2014-10-09· cited 12×
- & SC16-341 Renaldo Devon McGirth v. State of Florida & Renaldo & Devon McGirth v. Julie L. Jones, etc.Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-01-26· cited 11×
- Padmore v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-11-10· cited 7×
- Hernandez-Alberto v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 2013-07-03· cited 7×
- Jean-Philippe v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 2013-06-13· cited 6×
- Quawn M. Franklin v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida· 2014-01-16· cited 4×
- State v. JLM, IIIDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-04-18· cited 3×
- Dixon v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-10-05· cited 3×
- Reeves v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-06-13· cited 2×
Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1960-04-18· cited 3,197×
- Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 1994-10-13· cited 175×
- Hunter v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 1995-06-01· cited 175×
- Watts v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 1992-01-02· cited 44×
- Jaffer v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1996-02-20· cited 44×
- Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 1997-11-06· cited 29×
- Maharaj v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 1992-03-26· cited 14×
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