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← 797 SO2D 1278 - Kelly v. State

Kelly v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2001

Citation profile

9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
April 2018
most recently cited

9 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Dusky v. United States · 559 So. 2d 218 - Tucker v. State · 473 So. 2d 1253 - Hill v. State · 658 So. 2d 86 - State v. Upton · 718 So. 2d 330 - Hodgson v. State

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “(b) Motion for Examination. If, at any material stage- of a criminal proceeding, the court of its own motion, or on motion of counsel for the defendant or for the state, has reasonable ground to believe that the defendant is not mentally competent to proceed, the court shall immediately enter its .order setting a time for a hearing to determine the defendant’s mental condition, which shall be held no later than 20 days after the date of the filing of the motion, and may order the defendant to be examined by no more than 3 experts, as needed, prior to the date of the hearing. Attorneys for the state and the defendant may be present at any examination ordered by the court.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “Kelly was disruptive during trial and had to be admonished by the court to sit down. In concluding that the court should, on its own, have held a competency hearing, we explained: The court found on the record that Kelly was only borderline competent. This finding is supported by Kelly's disruptive behavior during trial, nonsensical ramblings about leaving the country, and rantings about Jesus. Because all the parties involved, including defense counsel, worried about Kelly's”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “Trial then proceeded. The state presented evidence that Kelly held up two large rocks and gestured as if he was going to throw them at some officers. It also showed Kelly threw a rock over one officer's head. During this incident, Kelly spoke to the officers about Jesus, ranting that”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

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