BURNS v. STATE

No. 4D02-3075.

884 So.2d 1010 (2004)

Clifford BURNS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 6, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and David John McPherrin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Heidi L. Bettendorf, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


TAYLOR, J.

Clifford Burns appeals the judgment and sentence entered after his no contest plea to robbery and aggravated assault with a firearm. He contends that the trial court committed fundamental error by failing to hold a competency hearing prior to accepting his plea. We disagree and affirm.

Almost a year before the defendant's plea hearing, as part of proceedings relating to the defendant's motion to suppress his confession, two experts examined the...

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