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GOONEWARDENA v. STATE

Case No. 5D21-1073.

347 So.3d 1273 (2022)

Rukshan GOONEWARDENA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed September 23, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Jama Ramsey , of Ramsey Law, PLLC, Lake Mary, for Appellant.

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

Rukshan Goonewardena appeals his conviction for attempted murder. Of the claims he raises on appeal, only one has merit; namely, that the trial court erred in concluding that he was competent to stand trial. Because the trial court did not make an independent determination that Goonewardena

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