KING v. STATE

Case No. 5D22-513.

333 So.3d 1203 (2022)

Tavarrus KING, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed March 8, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Wesley , Public Defender, and Daniel Wade , Assistant Public Defender, Orlando, for Petitioner.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Pamela J. Koller , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent.


Tavarrus King ("the Defendant") petitions this court for a writ of certiorari. He seeks an immediate competency hearing, asserting that the trial court has not held a competency hearing within the time frame required under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.210(b). We grant the petition.

Rule 3.210(b) provides, in pertinent part:...

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