GRAHAM v. JENNE

No. 4D02-4590.

837 So.2d 554 (2003)

Bobby L. GRAHAM, Petitioner, v. Ken JENNE, Sheriff in and for Broward County, Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 12, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan H. Schreiber, Public Defender, and Donald J. Cannarozzi, Assistant Public Defender, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Charlie Crist, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Tringali, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Bobby Graham petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus claiming that he was improperly committed in order to restore his competency to proceed with trial. We agree that the trial court erred in ordering his involuntary commitment to the Department of Children and Families ("DCF") and grant the petition.

Graham, age thirty-eight and a deaf mute since birth, communicates using limited sign language. He allegedly entered a home, took property...

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