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PATTON v. STATE

No. 97-252.

712 So.2d 1206 (1998)

John PATTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 22, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Carol Ann Turner, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Charmaine M. Millsaps, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

BARFIELD, Chief Judge.

Patton filed a notice of appeal seeking review of an order committing him to the custody of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) after a determination that he was incompetent to proceed. We find that a petition for common law certiorari is appropriate to review the matter. Accordingly, we elect to treat the initial brief and record on appeal as a petition for writ of certiorari and appendix. We conclude, however, that Patton...

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