SLOTCAVAGE

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• Maggio v. Fulford, 462 U.S. 111 (U.S. 1983)
  …question whether a defendant is competent to stand trial as at least a mixed [*119] question of law and fact. Drope v. Missouri, 420 U. S. 162, 174-175, 175, n. 10 (1975); Pate v. Robinson, 383 U. S. 375, 385-386 (1966). See also White v. Estelle, 459 U. S. 1118 (1983) (Marshall, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari). Our precedents notwithstanding, the Court today reverses the Court of Appeals on the strength of the conclusion that “the trial court’s conclusion as to Fulford’s competency was ‘fairly…
• Strickland v. Francis, 738 F.2d 1542 (11th Cir. 1984)
  …trict court also denied relief on this claim. III. DISCUSSION A. Standard of Review The state urges that we review the jury’s competency determination under the standard articulated in White v. Estelle, 669 F. 2d 973 (5th Cir.1982), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1118, 103 S.Ct. 757, 74 L.Ed.2d 973 (1983).15 The court in White stated that a federal court on habeas review of a state jury finding of competency must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury verdict and “must ask whether any rational…