Court Opinion

ID: 9904349
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Date Created: 2023-11-27 16:33:37.387726+00
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
                      FIFTH DISTRICT

                                  NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO
                                  FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND
                                  DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

JAMES WILLIAMS,

         Appellant,

v.                                     Case No. 5D22-103
                                       LT Case No. 2019-CF-001447-A
STATE OF FLORIDA,

         Appellee.
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Opinion filed July 22, 2022

Appeal from the Circuit Court
for Sumter County,
Mary Hatcher, Judge.

Matthew J. Metz, Public Defender,
and Natalie R. Gossett, Assistant Public
Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General,
Tallahassee, and L. Charlene Matthews,
Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach,
for Appellee.

                      ON CONFESSION OF ERROR

PER CURIAM.

     Based upon the State’s proper confession of error, we reverse and

remand for a competency hearing and a nunc pro tunc determination, if

possible, as to whether Appellant was competent to proceed to trial. See
Yancy v. State, 280 So. 3d 1112, 1113 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019); Mann v. State,

254 So. 3d 1131, 1132 (Fla. 5th DCA 2018). If the court finds that Appellant

was competent at the time of trial, it must enter a nunc pro tunc order

memorializing that finding with no change in the judgment or sentence. Yancy,

280 So. 3d at 1113. If a retroactive determination is not possible, or if the court

finds that Appellant was incompetent, Appellant will be entitled to a new trial

if and when competent to proceed. Id. at 1113–14.

      REVERSED and REMANDED with Instructions.

WALLIS, HARRIS AND SASSO, JJ., concur.

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