Gentilli v. Wainwright

CALDWELL, Justice.

This cause is here for final disposition upon the petition for writ of habeas corpus and the respondent’s original and supplemental returns.

It appears the petitioner, Anthony Wayne Gentilli, was charged, in the Criminal Court of Record for Dade County, with robbery. Upon advice of counsel, he waived jury trial and pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. The Court appointed two psychiatrists to examine petitioner but their findings are not indicated. The Court, on September 1, 1960, committed the petitioner to South Florida State Hospital where, over a period of seventeen…