PETERSON v. STATE

No. 79-79.

386 So.2d 576 (1980)

Laverne PETERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Cherry Grant, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joy B. Shearer, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

We have read the briefs filed by counsel and reviewed the record and it appears to us that the trial court was presented with reasonable grounds to believe that appellant was not mentally competent to stand trial or be adjudicated in violation of her probation. Accordingly, the trial judge should have granted the motion for continuance and, upon receipt of the report of the third psychiatrist appointed to examine appellant, the trial judge should have...

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