Legal Opinion
Watts v. Singletary
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 18, 1996No. 95-4403PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1284KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
A habeas petitioner contends that his due process rights were infringed when he was tried and convicted in state court for murder while incompetent to stand trial. We hold that petitioner has failed to prove a violation of his procedural due process right to a competency hearing or his substantive due process right not to be tried while incompetent.
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In 1987, Carl Eugene Watts was tried in Florida state court and convicted by a jury of second-degree murder. Watts was asleep through much of the five day trial.
On the first day of trial, the judge recorded his initial…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Cooper v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
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