HUNTER

v.

FLORIDA

Citator

Cited By (20 total)

• Hunter v. State, 817 So. 2d 786 (Fla. 2002)
  …ry’s recommendation and sentenced Hunter to death.1 We affirmed Hunter’s convictions and sentences on direct appeal. See id. at 246. The United States Supreme Court subsequently denied Hunter’s petition for writ of certiorari. See Hunter v. Florida, 516 U.S. 1128, 116 S.Ct. 946, 133 L.Ed.2d 871 (1996). Hunter filed an initial postconviction motion in March of 1997. On February 24, 1999, Hunter filed a first amended 3.850 motion raising seven claims. The trial court held a preliminary Huff hearing on April…
• McMULLEN v. State, 714 So. 2d 368 (Fla. 1998)
  …timony cannot be used in any federal court in our jurisdiction. A few other courts appear to have adopted this view. See State v. Goldsby, 59 Or.App. 66, 650 P. 2d 952 (1982); Commonwealth v. Simmons, 541 Pa. 211, 662 A. 2d 621 (1995), cert. denied, 516 U.S. 1128, 116 S.Ct. 945, 133 L.Ed.2d 870 (1996); State v. Wooden, 658 S.W. 2d 553 (Tenn.Crim.App.1983). Finally, some jurisdictions have adopted the “limited admissibility” view, finding it to be an abuse of discretion to exclude this type of expert testimo…
• Mora v. State, 814 So. 2d 322 (Fla. 2002)
  …licting expert testimony regarding the defendant’s competency, it is the trial court’s responsibility to consider all the evidence relevant to competency and resolve the factual dispute. Hunter v. State, 660 So. 2d 244, 247 (Fla.1995), cert. denied, 516 U.S. 1128, 116 S.Ct. 946, 133 L.Ed.2d 871 (1996); Watts v. State, 593 So. 2d 198, 202 (Fla.1992). The trial court’s competency decision will be upheld absent a showing of an abuse of discretion. Hunter, 660 So. 2d at 247; Watts, 593 So. 2d at 202. The trial…