SANCHEZ v. STATE

No. 94-647.

641 So.2d 433 (1994)

Jesus SANCHEZ, and The Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities, Inc., Petitioners, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and J. Rafael Rodriguez, Sp. Asst. Public Defender and Ellen M. Saideman, New York City, for petitioners.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Consuelo Maingot, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and COPE, JJ.


COPE, Judge.

Jesus Sanchez and the Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities, Inc. petition for a writ of certiorari. We grant the petition.

Sanchez is charged with three counts of first degree murder. He was found incompetent to stand trial in 1979 and institutionalized. In 1991 he was found competent and criminal proceedings resumed. On motion by the defense, defendant's competency is again being reassessed.

It came to the State's attention that...

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