VISAGE v. STATE

No. 86999.

679 So.2d 735 (1996)

Timothy VISAGE, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 6, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Phil Patterson, Assistant Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; James W. Rogers, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and William J. Bakstran, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.


GRIMES, Justice.

We have for review Visage v. State, 664 So.2d 1101, 1102 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995), wherein the district court of appeal certified the following question to be of great public importance:

MAY A DEFENDANT BE MENTALLY COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL YET STILL LACK THE ABILITY TO MAKE AN INTELLIGENT AND UNDERSTANDING CHOICE TO PROCEED WITHOUT COUNSEL UNDER FLORIDA RULE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 3.111(D)(3)?

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