context: A finding of sanity does not preclude consideration of the statutory mitigating factors concerning a defendant's mental condition.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 639 So.2d 6, 13
citation_a.parenthetical: finding error in trial court's rejection of mental mitigators on the basis that the defendant was sane
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Morgan v. State, 639 So.2d 6, 13 (Fla.1994) (finding error in trial court’s rejection of mental mitigators on the basis that the defendant was sane); Knowles v. State, 632 So.2d 62, 67 (Fla.1993) (remanding for resen-tencing where trial court failed to find statutory mental mitigation because the defendant was sane even though evidence indicated that defendant suffered from organic brain damage and that he was in an acute psychotic state at the time of the murder); Huckaby v. State, 343 So.2d 29, 33-34 (Fla.1977) (vacating death sentence where trial court completely ignored evidence of mental mitigation partially on the basis that the defendant understood the difference between right and wrong); cf. Smith v. State, 407 So.2d 894, 902 (Fla,1981) (declining to follow Huckáby where the trial court considered mental mitigation, but found that the testimony did not compel application of mental mitigators).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.identifier: 407 So.2d 894, 902
citation_b.parenthetical: declining to follow Huckaby where the trial court considered mental mitigation, but found that the testimony did not compel application of mental mitigators
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Morgan v. State, 639 So.2d 6, 13 (Fla.1994) (finding error in trial court’s rejection of mental mitigators on the basis that the defendant was sane); Knowles v. State, 632 So.2d 62, 67 (Fla.1993) (remanding for resen-tencing where trial court failed to find statutory mental mitigation because the defendant was sane even though evidence indicated that defendant suffered from organic brain damage and that he was in an acute psychotic state at the time of the murder); Huckaby v. State, 343 So.2d 29, 33-34 (Fla.1977) (vacating death sentence where trial court completely ignored evidence of mental mitigation partially on the basis that the defendant understood the difference between right and wrong); cf. Smith v. State, 407 So.2d 894, 902 (Fla,1981) (declining to follow Huckáby where the trial court considered mental mitigation, but found that the testimony did not compel application of mental mitigators).