Jeffrey Hutchinson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
1. Does a finding of competency because a petitioner has a "rational understanding of the fact of his pending execution and the reason for it[,]" solely because he is "aware that the State is executing him for the murders that were committed and that he will physically die as a result of the execution[,]" run afoul of the Panetti rational understanding standard?
2. Does the Panetti standard account for a petitioner's subjective understanding of the reason for their execution as opposed to their ability to coherently explain the State's reason for carrying out the execution?
Does the Panetti standard for competency to be executed require more than a mere rational understanding of the physical fact of execution, and must it account for a petitioner's subjective understanding of the reason for their execution?