Title: In Re Amend. to Fla. Rules of Cr. Proc.

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

518 So. 2d 256 (1987)
In re AMENDMENTS TO the FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.
No. 70287.

Supreme Court of Florida.
December 31, 1987.
Philip W. Maniatty, Chairperson, Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, Miami, for petitioner.
PER CURIAM.
This proceeding is before the Court for consideration of proposed amendments to the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. *257 The proposed rules establish a procedure for judicial inquiry into the sanity of persons who have been sentenced to death, where such sanity has been questioned and determined by the Governor.
In response to the ruling of the United States Supreme Court in Ford v. Wainwright, 477 U.S. 399, 106 S. Ct. 2595, 91 L. Ed. 2d 335 (1986), this Court promulgated Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.811 to govern judicial proceedings on competency of condemned persons to be executed. In re Emergency Amendment to Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, 497 So. 2d 643 (Fla. 1986). The emergency rule was adopted as an interim measure until such time as a permanent rule could be adopted. We referred the matter to the Criminal Law Section of The Florida Bar. We have now received the proposal for permanent rules. The proposed rules are submitted by the Florida Bar Committee on Rules of Criminal Procedure and have been endorsed by the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar.
Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.010 is amended to read as follows:
Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.811 is amended to read as follows:
New Rule 3.812 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure is adopted to read as follows:
These new rules are to become effective as of the date of this opinion.
It is so ordered.
OVERTON, EHRLICH, SHAW, BARKETT, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.
McDONALD, C.J., dissents.