DOUSE v. STATE

No. 4D06-2067.

930 So.2d 838 (2006)

Eugene DOUSE, Jr., Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, and Ric L. Bradshaw, Sheriff of Palm Beach County, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 12, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Daniel Cohen and Jennifer Marshall, Assistant Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Monique E. L'Italien, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondents.


FARMER, J.

We grant the petition and direct the trial judge to hold an immediate hearing to determine whether release conditions should be modified or, instead, whether this incompetent defendant should be committed to the Department of Children and Family Services.

Defendant was arrested and charged with burglary of a dwelling and grand theft. He was granted conditional pretrial release. Later the trial court entered an order finding him incompetent to proceed...

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