DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN v. RODRIGUEZ

Case No. 5D18-3841.

267 So.3d 1087 (2019)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Petitioner, v. Luis Angel RODRIGUEZ and State of Florida, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed April 5, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joyce L. Miller , Assistant General Counsel, of Department of Children and Families, Tavares, for Petitioner.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas T. Squire , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee, State of Florida.

No Appearance for Other Respondent.


The Department of Children and Families ("the Department") petitions this Court for certiorari review, challenging the trial court's order involuntarily committing Luis Angel Rodriguez to its care. We grant the petition.

Before Rodriguez could be brought to trial on multiple criminal offenses, a question arose as to his competency to...

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