insanity

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-7764 Duane E. Owen v. Florida Florida 2023-06-12 Denied IFP competency competency-to-be-executed criminal-procedure death-penalty dementia due-process eighth-amendment insanity legal-insanity rational-understanding Whether the State of Florida's perfunctory evaluation of Owen's claim that he is legally insane and incompetent to be executed violated the Eighth Ame…
19-8442 Erica J. Walker v. Florida Florida 2020-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-proceeding fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance insanity mental-health mental-health-evaluation Was the petitioner's right to a fair proceeding, effective assistance of counsel and due process violated?
18-5763 Jimmy Don Wooten v. Arkansas Arkansas 2018-08-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights diligence-standard due-process insanity insanity-defense jurisdiction legal-diligence mental-capacity mental-handicap procedural-fairness standing Did the Arkansas Supreme Court violate due process by denying mentally handicapped petitioner opportunity to litigate insanity at time of trial?