No. 20-5317
Tags: criminal-procedure diagnostic-uncertainty due-process gender-dysphoria medical-evidence mental-health plea-bargaining plea-voluntariness post-conviction-relief procedural-bar
Latest Conference:
2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether the newly discovered evidence of a criminal defendant's medical condition, including gender dysphoria, may implicate the voluntariness of a prior plea made by the defendant?
2. Whether a defendant is required, in order to avoid application of a procedural bar, to advance a diagnosis or medical condition that has yet to be fully accepted by the medical community, and which has not been conclusively determined to apply to the defendant?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the newly discovered evidence of a criminal defendant's medical condition, including gender-dysphoria, may implicate the voluntariness of a prior plea
Docket Entries
2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-21
Waiver of right of respondent State of Florida to respond filed.
2020-08-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 10, 2020)
Attorneys
Jeremiah Rodgers
State of Florida
Carolyn M. Snurkowski — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent