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State v. Pringle

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Aug 20, 1985
474 So. 2d 16 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

Opinion

No. 84-1387.

August 20, 1985.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County; David M. Gersten, Judge.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Renee E. Ruska Pelzman, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Bruce A. Rosenthal, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.

Before HENDRY, HUBBART and JORGENSON, JJ.


The State of Florida appeals from a final order adjudicating the defendant incompetent to stand trial. The state argues that the trial court should have held an incompetency hearing pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.212, even though the defendant was adjudicated incompetent approximately three weeks previously in an unrelated case. We affirm the order of the trial court without prejudice to the state's filing a new motion to adjudicate defendant's competency to stand trial at this time.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

State v. Pringle

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Aug 20, 1985
474 So. 2d 16 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)
Case details for

State v. Pringle

Case Details

Full title:THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT, v. LORENZO PRINGLE, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Aug 20, 1985

Citations

474 So. 2d 16 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)