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January 3, 2014
Albert Holland, who was tried, convicted and sentenced to death — twice — for the 1990 murder of a Broward County police officer, is once again facing the ultimate punishment.
Holland, 56, was gearing up for a third trial for the fatal shooting of Pompano Beach Police Officer Scott Winters after a federal judge ruled two years ago that a Broward judge violated Holland’s right to act as his own lawyer during his second trial.
On Monday, a federal appeals court rejected the lower court’s decision and reinstated Holland’s conviction and death sentence. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Holland’s long history of mental illness meant that the trial judge was correct in turning down Holland’s request to represent himself in court.
“We have little doubt that if the trial court had allowed Holland to represent himself, and the jury had convicted him, the claim today would be that he was in no condition to waive his right to counsel in a capital case,” the three-judge panel wrote.
