KENNETH CHRISTIAN
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 1st DCA | 2018-01-22
No. 16-1651
Kreider, J., Lewis, J., Osterhaus, J., Bilbrey, J.
233 So. 3d 1290 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2018)

AI-generated. These summaries, headnotes, and key points are machine-generated and may contain errors or omissions. Always verify against the full opinion text below. Not legal advice.


Holding

A motion under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.216(b) for a competency evaluation as a precautionary measure does not require a mandatory competency hearing under Rule 3.210(b).


Headnotes

[1] A motion under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.216(b) for a competency evaluation as a precautionary measure does not require a mandatory competency hearing under Ru…

Previewing 1 of 1 headnotes on this case. FLexlaw’s editorially structured points of law — every proposition, pinpointed — are reserved for members.

Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence

Facts & Procedural History

Kenneth Christian appealed a decision from the Circuit Court for Alachua County regarding a motion for competency evaluation.…

The full statement of facts, procedural history, and disposition for this case are member content.

Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence

© FLexlaw, Inc. — AI-generated enrichments are proprietary. All rights reserved.


Opinion of the Court
Bilbrey

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

_____________________________

No. 1D16-1651 _____________________________

KENNETH CHRISTIAN,

Appellant,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee. _____________________________ On appeal from the Circuit Court for Alachua County. David P. Kreider, Judge.

January 22, 2018

PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. See Atwater v. State, 2018 WL 267081 (Fla. 1st DCA Jan. 2, 2018) (holding that a motion under rule 3.216(b), Fla. R. Crim. P., for a competency evaluation as a “precautionary measure” did not then require “a mandatory competency hearing” under rule 3.210(b), Fla. R. Crim. P.). LEWIS, OSTERHAUS, and BILBREY, JJ., concur.

2

_____________________________

Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________ Andy Thomas, Public Defender, and Pamela D. Presnell, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Quentin Humphrey, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


Cases With Similar Vibessemantic neighbors from the corpus


Citator

Authorities Cited

Full citator, related cases, and AI research tools

Open in FLexlaw