Clowers v. State

Jonathan Clowers appeals his conviction and life sentence for first-degree murder and alleges error on four points: (1) the failure to appoint two experts to evaluate his competency to stand trial; (2) the denial of a motion for judgment of acquittal on the issue of premeditation; (3) improper prosecutorial comment; and (4) the imposition of a minimum mandatory term of life in prison.

PROCEDURAL & FACTUAL BACKGROUND

The events from which this case arose took place in Jacksonville on October 23, 2005, where Clowers was scheduled to drop off his one-year-old son with the baby’s mother, Tiffany…