Reese v. Fla. State Hosp.

Full title: David Nathaniel REESE, Appellant, v. FLORIDA STATE HOSPITAL, Appellee.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Date published: Jul 27, 2022

343 So. 3d 648 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2022)

Opinion

No. 1D21-3933

07-27-2022

David Nathaniel REESE, Appellant, v. FLORIDA STATE HOSPITAL, Appellee.

Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, and Lori A. Willner, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Bilal Ahmed Faruqui, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, and Lori A. Willner, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Bilal Ahmed Faruqui, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Per Curiam.

AFFIRMED . See Sparre v. State , 289 So. 3d 839, 849 (Fla. 2019) ("To preserve an issue for appellate review, a litigant must present the issue to the trial court in a timely, specific manner and obtain a ruling."); see also Miller v. N. Fla. Evaluation & Treatment Ctr. , 287 So. 3d 681, 686 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019) (explaining that an involuntary medication order is constitutionally permissible when a forensic client committed to a state facility is "not competent to make his own medical decisions and ... the medication [is] essential for his care").

Rowe, C.J., and Lewis and Osterhaus, JJ., concur.