Legal Opinion

In re Inquisition of Incompetency of White

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 20, 1970No. M-39PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIGGINTON, Judge.

Earl White has appealed a final order rendered by the County Judge’s Court of Jackson County denying his petition to set aside and hold for naught a prior judgment finding him to be mentally incompetent.

On August 16, 1965, appellant’s wife, Iris White, filed before the County Judge a sworn statement to the effect that she believed her husband to be mentally incompetent and praying that he be confined in the county jail pending the outcome of an insanity hearing. With such affidavit Iris White filed a formal petition representing that her husband, the appellant herein, was…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Everette v. PettewaySupreme Court of Florida · 1938
  2. Epping, Bellas & Co. v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1884
  3. Krivitsky v. NyeSupreme Court of Florida · 1944
  4. Rehrer v. WeeksDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1958
  5. Swain v. EardleyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1967

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Earl White v. Dr. Glen E. PadgettCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  2. In re WhiteDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1970
  3. Moyer v. HuffstutlerDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1972

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