Hernandez-Alberto v. State
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After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of two counts of first-degree premeditated murder and sentenced to death for each murder. The Supreme Court affirmed the convictions and sentences on direct appeal. The postconviction court later denied Defendant's unverified postconviction motion. Defendant appealed and filed a petition seeking habeas corpus relief. The Supreme Court affirmed the trial court's order and denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, holding (1) Defendant waived right to prosecute his postconviction motion by refusing to sign a verification of his motion; (2) the trial court did not err in finding Defendant competent to proceed with his postconviction proceedings with the assistance of counsel; and (3) Defendant's petition for habeas corpus relief was not warranted on his claim that his case should be remanded for a determination of whether he should have been permitted to represent himself at trial.
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