JACKSON v. STATE

No. 4D00-2023.

810 So.2d 545 (2002)

Jessie JACKSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 13, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Steven H. Malone, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, and Nan Ellen Foley, Certified as an Out of State Attorney, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Barbara A. Zappi, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


HAZOURI, J.

Appellant was charged by information with delivery of cocaine. He was found incompetent to proceed to trial. Thereafter, there is no indication in the record that the trial court held a competency hearing and determined that he was competent to proceed. Nevertheless, the case proceeded to a jury trial, which the State concedes was error. At trial, Appellant unsuccessfully raised an entrapment defense.

At trial, Officer Deborah Ramsey testified...

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