YANCY v. STATE

No. 4D12-709.

88 So.3d 1040 (2012)

Brenda YANCY, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 30, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Finkelstein , Public Defender, and Diane M. Cuddihy , Executive Chief Assistant Public Defender, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

The defendant, whom the circuit court found to be incompetent, petitions for a writ of certiorari. She seeks to quash the court's order directing her "to submit to a risk assessment evaluation conducted by the expert retained by the State of Florida for such evaluation." She argues that the order departs from the essential requirements of law because: (1) no statute or rule authorizes a "risk assessment evaluation" of a defendant adjudicated incompetent...

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