No. 20-5505

Keith O. Johnson v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2020-08-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: competency competency-hearing constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fundamental-error mental-health
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-10-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant can be proceeded against in a criminal proceeding where a question of the defendant's competency has been raised and recognized by the court, but no hearing has been held to legally establish the defendant's competency, resulting in a fundamental error and manifest injustice in violation of the due process clause

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED CAN, a Defendant pursuant to Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure § 3.210 be proceeded against in a criminal proceeding where a question of Defendant’s competency has been raised by Counsel and recognized by the Court, where the Court ordered an expert to evaluate Defendant, yet no hearing for legally . establishing Defendant’s competency had been held by the Trial Court. Creating a fundamental error in the proceedings resulting in a Manifest Injustice in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article One, Section Nine of the Florida Constitution. Where a Defendant has a procedural Due Process right to observance of procedures adequate 6 protect his right not to be tried or convicted while incompetent. ,

Docket Entries

2020-11-02
Petition DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2020-10-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020.
2020-10-01
Waiver of right of respondent State of Florida to respond filed.
2020-02-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 25, 2020)

Attorneys

Keith Johnson
Keith O. Johnson — Petitioner
Keith O. Johnson — Petitioner
State of Florida
Trisha Meggs PateOffice of the Attorney General Criminal Appeals Division Tallahassee, Respondent
Trisha Meggs PateOffice of the Attorney General Criminal Appeals Division Tallahassee, Respondent