Forensic psychiatry & mental health law

Psychiatry & Law Radar

Fri 18 SepCASE

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BENJAMIN DAVIS SMILEY, JR. V. STATE OF FLORIDA & BENJAMIN DAVIS SMILEY, JR. V. SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

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He also petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), (9), Fla. Const. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the circuit court’s order and deny Smiley’s habeas petition.

Fla. Sup. Ct. · affirmed

Whether trial counsel was ineffective for not rebutting ballistics evidence or developing brain-aneurysm mitigation in a capital case.

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10975593/benjamin-davis-smiley-jr-v-state-of-florida-benjamin-davis-smiley-jr/