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Criminal Law — Competency Of Defendant Charged With First-degree Murder, Attempted First-degree Murder, And Additional Serious Felony Offenses — Intellectual Disability

Mar 01st, 2019 in News by admin

Criminal law -- Competency of defendant charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and additional serious felony offenses -- Intellectual disability -- Discussion of malingering in case involving person with severe, longstanding cognitive deficits -- Clear and convincing evidence demonstrated…


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Attorney’s fees — Timeliness of motion

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Attorney's fees -- Timeliness of motion -- Defendant not entitled to award of statutorily mandated attorney's fees under section 776.032(3) where defendant filed motion for fees and costs after the thirty-day time limit imposed by rule 1.525 had expired, and…


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