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WHITING v. STATE

No. 5D05-2707.

929 So.2d 673 (2006)

Robert WHITING, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

May 19, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Whiting, Cocoa, pro se.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kristen L. Davenport, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PLEUS, C.J.

The defendant appeals from an order summarily denying his pro se motion to withdraw guilty pleas.

The defendant's motion asserts that the trial court erred in failing to order a competency evaluation of him before accepting his pleas. The State maintains that the decision to order a competency evaluation is one within the discretion of the trial court and that no abuse of discretion has been demonstrated. While our initial inclination is...

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