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· 12/13/2022

SAMUEL R. CONE, II vs STATE OF FLORIDA

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  • holding that the trial judge’s refusal to answer a juror’s question constituted reversible error, because “it is the duty of the judge to fill in the sketch, as may be appropriate on the basis of the evidence, to provide the jury with light and guidance in the performance of its difficult task”
  • once the defense of insanity is properly raised, sanity becomes an element of the crime
  • schizophrenia established by testimony of at least five psychiatrists
  • schizophrenia established by testimony of at least five psychiatrists

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