DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVS. v. RAMOS

No. 2D11-4943.

82 So.3d 1121 (2012)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Petitioner, v. Manuel RAMOS and State of Florida, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 2, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca Falcon Kapusta , Assistant Suncoast Region Legal Counsel, Tampa, for Petitioner.

Julianne Holt , Public Defender, and Julissa R. Rhoden , Assistant Public Defender, Tampa, for Respondent Ramos.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and John M. Klawikofsky , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Respondent State of Florida.


DAVIS, Judge.

The Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) seeks certiorari review of the trial court's order finding Manuel Ramos incompetent to proceed to trial on five felony counts and committing him to the custody of the Department for competency restoration training. Ramos concedes that he does not meet the statutory criteria for involuntary commitment. We agree and therefore conclude that the trial court departed from the essential requirements...

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