Opinion
No. 1D09-1722.
November 20, 2009.
Petition Alleging Ineffective Assistance of Appellate Counsel — Original Jurisdiction.
Kenneth Paden, pro se, Petitioner.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Anne C. Conley, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.
Kenneth Paden presents a timely claim of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. He faults his counsel for failing to argue that the trial court fundamentally erred when, after initially adjudicating him incompetent, it thereafter proceeded to trial without holding an appropriate hearing or making a determination that he had been restored to competency. The state forthrightly concedes the trial court's error in this regard, and that its error is fundamental. See Jackson v. State, 880 So.2d 1241 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004). Accordingly, we grant Paden's petition, vacate the August 31, 2008, judgment and sentence in Gadsden County Circuit Court case number 05-770CF, and remand for such further proceedings as may be warranted pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.212.
PETITION GRANTED, JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE VACATED, and REMANDED.
HAWKES, C.J., BARFIELD and CLARK, JJ., concur.