Q.A. v. STATE

Case No. 5D18-1510.

277 So.3d 637 (2019)

Q.A., a Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed March 1, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy , Public Defender, and Susan A. Fagan , Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Rebecca Rock McGuigan , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


Q.A. raises three issues on appeal, all of which have merit and require reversal. First, the trial court failed to enter an order finding Q.A. competent to proceed. This was error. The record reflects that the trial court made an oral finding that Q.A. was competent to proceed after it reviewed the evaluations of the court-appointed experts...

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