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Rodgers v. State

Citations

  • 3 So. 3d 1127
  • 34 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 195
  • 2009 Fla. LEXIS 154
  • 2009 WL 259625

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  • holding that trial court should have ordered additional evaluations
  • affirming death sentence for first-degree murder where trial court found two aggravators (prior violent felony and CCP), one statutory mitigator (defendant’s age
  • affirming death sentence for first-degree murder where trial court found two aggravators (prior violent felony and CCP), one statutory mitigator (defendant's age
  • reducing death sentence to life in prison where, among other factors, the record indicated that defendant felt genuine remorse
  • “This Court will uphold the trial court’s decision as to whether such a [competency] hearing is necessary absent an abuse of discretion.”
  • “Under rule 3.210(b), the trial court must hold a hearing to determine a defendant's mental condition only where the court ‘has reasonable ground to believe that the defendant is not mentally competent to proceed.’ Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.210(b).” (emphasis added)

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Judges: Quince, Wells, Pariente, Lewis, Canady, Polston, Labarga

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