No. 20-5317
Tags: criminal-procedure diagnostic-uncertainty due-process gender-dysphoria medical-evidence mental-health plea-bargaining plea-voluntariness post-conviction-relief procedural-bar
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
DueProcess Punishment Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the newly discovered evidence of a criminal defendant's medical condition, including gender-dysphoria, may implicate the voluntariness of a prior plea
Question Presented (from Petition)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the newly discovered evidence of a criminal defendant’s medical condition, including gender dysphoria, may implicate the voluntariness of a prior plea made by the defendant? 2. Whether a defendant is required, in order to avoid application of a procedural bar, to advance a diagnosis or medical condition that has yet to be fully accepted by the medical community, and which has not been conclusively determined to apply to the defendant? i
Docket Entries
2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-21
Waiver of right of respondent State of Florida to respond filed.
2020-08-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 10, 2020)
Attorneys
Jeremiah Rodgers
State of Florida
Carolyn M. Snurkowski — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Carolyn M. Snurkowski — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent