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QUINTANAL v. STATE

No. 97-2142.

719 So.2d 1030 (1998)

Esteban A. QUINTANAL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

November 4, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Marti Rothenberg, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Maya Saxena, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before NESBITT, GERSTEN and SHEVIN, JJ.

SHEVIN, Judge.

We affirm defendant's conviction. See State v. Law, 559 So.2d 187 (Fla.1989); Hampton v. State, 549 So.2d 1059 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989). However, we reverse the order denying defendant's motion for credit for time served in a mental institution. Because a defendant's "preconviction detention in a mental institution for incompetence to stand trial ... constitute[s] a coercive...

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