740 So. 2d 520 - Jones v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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135 state decisions

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1. “[D]ue process envisions a court that "hears before it condemns . . . and renders judgment only after proper consideration of issues advanced by adversarial parties. In this respect the term `due process' embodies a fundamental conception of fairness that derives ultimately from the natural rights of all individuals." Scull v. State, 569 So.2d 1251, 1252 (Fla.1990) (citation omitted)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 979 So. 2d 353 - Luckey v. State · 922 So. 2d 386 - Ramirez v. State

2. “[p]rocedural due process ... requires adequate notice and an opportunity to be heard `at a meaningful time and in a meaningful manner.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 979 So. 2d 353 - Luckey v. State · 741 So. 2d 1181 - Metzgar v. State

3. “the twelve-year delay undisputedly not due to appellant, the lack of psychological testing contemporaneous to trial, and the State's own evidence that a retroactive competency determination is not possible establish the inability to provide appellant a meaningful retrospective competency determination that complies with due process.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 969 So. 2d 294 - Lawrence v. State