No. 21-6393

Michael Lawrence Woodbury v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2021-11-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: competency-standard due-process fourteenth-amendment indiana-v-edwards mental-illness self-representation sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-02-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Florida Supreme Court correctly held that the trial court's inquiry and determination under the lower standard of competency to waive counsel was sufficient to grant self-representation to a defendant with severe mental illness under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Florida Supreme Court, rather than applying a heightened standard for competency to represent oneself for defendants with severe mental illness, correctly held — contrary to Indiana v. Edwards and other state court decisions — that the trial court’s inquiry and determination under the lower standard of competency to waive counsel was sufficient to grant self-representation to a defendant with severe mental illness under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments? i

Docket Entries

2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-31
Reply of petitioner Michael Woodbury filed. (Distributed)
2022-01-18
Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
2021-12-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 24, 2022.
2021-12-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 23, 2021 to January 23, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-11-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 23, 2021)

Attorneys

Michael Woodbury
Mara Catherine HerbertOffice of the Public Defender of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Petitioner
Mara Catherine HerbertOffice of the Public Defender of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Petitioner
State of Florida
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Lisa-Marie Krause LernerOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Lisa-Marie Krause LernerOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent