BURKE v. STATE

No. 1D19-3322.

297 So.3d 709 (2020)

Mark BURKE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 26, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andy Thomas , Public Defender, and Jasmine Q. Russell , Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, and Bilal Ahmed Faruqui , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


Mark Burke, a forensic client previously committed at the Florida State Hospital, appeals an order authorizing the Florida Department of Children and Families to involuntarily medicate him.* He argues that the trial court erred in authorizing his forced medication solely to render him competent to stand trial. We...

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