Williams v. State

Full title: JAMES WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

Court: Florida Court of Appeals, Fifth District

Date published: Jul 22, 2022

No. 5D22-103 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Jul. 22, 2022)

Opinion

5D22-103

07-22-2022

JAMES WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

Matthew J. Metz, Public Defender, and Natalie R. Gossett, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and L. Charlene Matthews, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Sumter County, LT Case No. 2019-CF-001447-A Mary Hatcher, Judge.

Matthew J. Metz, Public Defender, and Natalie R. Gossett, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and L. Charlene Matthews, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

ON CONFESSION OF ERROR

PER CURIAM.

Based upon the State's proper confession of error, we reverse and remand for a competency hearing and a nunc pro tunc determination, if possible, as to whether Appellant was competent to proceed to trial. See Yancy v. State, 280 So.3d 1112, 1113 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019); Mann v. State, 254 So.3d 1131, 1132 (Fla. 5th DCA 2018). If the court finds that Appellant was competent at the time of trial, it must enter a nunc pro tunc order memorializing that finding with no change in the judgment or sentence. Yancy, 280 So.3d at 1113. If a retroactive determination is not possible, or if the court finds that Appellant was incompetent, Appellant will be entitled to a new trial if and when competent to proceed. Id. at 1113-14.

REVERSED and REMANDED with Instructions.

WALLIS, HARRIS AND SASSO, JJ, concur