Competency to Proceed Pro Se and Plead Guilty to a Capital Offense

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

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Ashley Malka¹  Madelon Baranoski¹ 

[1] Law and Psychiatry Division,Department of Psychiatry,Yale University School of Medicine

关键词: competency;    death penalty;    pro se;    Farettahearing;    guilty plea;   

DOI  :  10.29158/JAAPL.230005L4-23

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

In Noetzel v. State, 328 So.3d 933 (Fla. 2021), theSupreme Court of Florida reviewed Barry Noetzel’spro se guilty plea to a capital offense. The court heldthat the trial court did not err in its decisions not toinvestigate further Mr. Noetzel’s mental state andnot to reassess competency following his disclosuresof previous psychiatric diagnoses and treatment. Thecourt also ruled that the trial court had acted withinits discretion by not forcing counsel on Mr. Noetzel.

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