LEWINSON v. STATE

Case No. 5D16-0735.

230 So.3d 901 (2017)

Stanford Deon LEWINSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed June 16, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy , Public Defender, and Nicole Joanne Martingano , Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Rebecca Rock McGuigan , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


Stanford Lewinson appeals his 30-year sentence for aggravated battery with a firearm on a person 65 years of age or older. He argues the trial court erred in sentencing him prior to a competency hearing when reasonable grounds existed to question his competency to be sentenced.1 We agree and reverse.

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