ALABAMA

v.

CROWE

Citator

Cited By (17 total)

• Peede v. State, 748 So. 2d 253 (Fla. 1999)
  …previous conviction of two felony crimes involving the use of force or threat to another person; (2) murder committed during the commission of a kidnapping; and (3) murder committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated manner. . Peede v. Florida, 477 U.S. 909, 106 S.Ct. 3286, 91 L.Ed.2d 575 (1986). . At the outset, we feel obliged to comment on the inexplicable delay in this case. As previously mentioned, on July 5, 1988, the trial court stayed Peede’s execution and on October 7, 1988, it scheduled an e…
• Kilgore v. State, 688 So. 2d 895 (Fla. 1996)
  …ve previously ruled that a trial court does not exceed its authority by allowing a defendant to knowingly and voluntarily waive the right to be present at any given stage of a proceeding. Peede v. State, 474 So. 2d 808, 815 (Fla.1985), cert. denied, 477 U.S. 909, 106 S.Ct. 3286, 91 L.Ed.2d 575 (1986). In Peede we wrote: If a defendant’s disruption of a capital trial can result in his removal and the continuation of the trial in his absence, then he should be able to knowingly and voluntarily waive his pres…
• Nixon v. State, 572 So. 2d 1336 (Fla. 1990)
  …, defense counsel asked prospective jurors if Nixon’s absence would affect their impartiality and all replied that it would not. Thereafter, Nixon refused to attend most of his trial. In Peede v. State, 474 So. 2d 808, 814 (Fla.1985), cert. denied, 477 U.S. 909, 106 S.Ct. 3286, 91 L.Ed.2d 575 (1986), we held that “a defendant can waive his right to be present at stages of his capital trial if he personally chooses to voluntarily absent himself.” It is clear from the record that Nixon did not wish to attend…