COURTNEY J. VAN RIPER, PETITIONER,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Citator

Cited By (17 total)

• Blanco v. Louie L. Wainwright, 507 So. 2d 1377 (Fla. 1987)
  …y would dilute appellant’s strategy of denying guilt. There was no evidence calling into question appellant’s competency to stand trial and mental condition is not necessarily an issue in every criminal proceeding. Bush v. Wainwright, Bush v. State, 505 So. 2d 409 (Fla.1987). As to the cultural shock of encountering this country’s legal system, we agree with the trial judge that this testimony was of a general nature with limited, if any, relevance to the case at hand. The witness knew nothing of this case or…
• Thompson v. State, 88 So. 3d 312 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012)
  …etency. See Jones v. State, 478 So. 2d 346, 347 (Fla.1985), on appeal after remand, 740 So. 2d 520 (Fla.1999). The supreme court has distinguished Jones where the circumstances suggesting substantive incompetency were not strong. Bush v. Wainwright, 505 So. 2d 409, 410-11 (Fla.1987); James v. State, 489 So. 2d 737, 739 (Fla.1986). In Hill v. State, 473 So. 2d 1253 (Fla.1985), where the evidence suggesting substantive incompetency was compelling, the court granted postconviction relief based on the trial cour…
• Bertolotti v. State, 534 So. 2d 386 (Fla. 1988)
  …y an issue in every criminal proceeding, Blanco v. Wainwright, 507 So. 2d at 1383, where there is evidence calling into question a defendant’s sanity, defense counsel is bound to seek the assistance of a mental health expert. See Bush v. Wainwright, 505 So. 2d 409 (Fla.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 108 S.Ct. 209, 98 L.Ed.2d 160 (1987); see also Ake v. Oklahoma, 470 U.S. 68, 105 S.Ct. 1087, 84 L.Ed.2d 53 (1985). As recognized by the United States Supreme Court, where a defendant’s mental condition is in question,…