Legal Opinion

Razuri v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 21, 2010No. 3D07-2228PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Per curiam

Francisco Razuri appeals his conviction and sentence for attempted second degree murder. He asserts error in the trial court’s failure to conduct a competency hearing. We affirm.

The record demonstrates that Razuri’s issue is meritless. The court appointed several mental health experts to evaluate Razuri’s competence at the time of committing the offense and for purposes of standing trial. Thereafter Razuri’s sanity at the time of the offense was evaluated. None of the evaluations concluded that Razuri had any competence or sanity issues.

“Trial courts are to order competency hearings whenever…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Boyd v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2005
  2. Corbitt v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Khadafy Kareem Mullens v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2016
  2. D.Y. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2018
  3. D.Y. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2018
  4. Khadafy Kareem Mullens v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2016

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API