HOWARD LAMONT EADY v. STATE OF FLORIDA

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• noting that oppressive prison conditions may adversely affect a person's mental health
• applying the knowing, voluntary, KIRKPATRICK V. CHAPPELL 17 and intelligent requirement to a habeas petitioner who allegedly “[did] not wish to pursue further legal remedies”
• in addition to competency, the district court must also determine the separate question of whether petitioner’s decision is voluntary
• “The issue is whether Mr. Comer’s conditions of confinement constitute punishment so harsh that he has been forced to abandon a natural desire to live”
• \we and other courts have recognized that prison conditions remarkably similar to Mr. Comer's descriptions of his current confinement can adversely affect a person's mental health\
• in addition to compe- tency, the district court must also determine the separate ques- tion of whether petitioner’s decision is voluntary

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