U.S. v. COMETA

No. 19-11282.

966 F.3d 1285 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Stephen COMETA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Julin McNamara , U.S. Attorney Service — Middle District of Florida, U.S. Attorney's Office, Tampa, FL, Sara C. Sweeney , U.S. Attorney's Office, Orlando, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Fritz J. Scheller , Fritz Scheller, PL, Orlando, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before WILLIAM PRYOR, Chief Judge, ROSENBAUM and LUCK, Circuit Judges.


This appeal requires us to decide whether the district court abused its discretion by not holding additional competency hearings before the trial and the sentencing of Stephen Cometa after it previously had his competency evaluated and found him competent. We affirm Cometa's conviction and sentence because the expert...

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