Legal Opinion
Watts v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided February 1, 1989No. 87-2307PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
537 So.2d 699 (1989)
Carl WATTS, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 87-2307.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
February 1, 1989.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Marcy K. Allen, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Mardi Levey Cohen, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.
LETTS, Judge.
The defendant, charged with second degree homicide, slept through about seventy percent of his murder trial, whereat he was convicted. He claims he is entitled to a reversal because the trial court…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Lane v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1980
- Frank W. Whitehead v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Dept. Of Offender RehabilitationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Whitehead v. WainwrightDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1978
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Watts v. SingletaryCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996