Hayley Nicole Bowden, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee. (2025)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Hayley Nicole Bowden, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee.

No. 1D2024-1848

Decided: October 01, 2025

Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, and Justin F. Karpf, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Christina Piotrowski, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Affirmed. See Hendrix v. State, 228 So. 3d 674, 676 (Fla. 1st DCA 2017) (determining that foundation objections to competency reports must be preserved); Merriell v. State, 169 So. 3d 1287, 1288 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015) (upholding the trial court's competency hearing based solely on a written report).

Per Curiam.

Ray, Kelsey, and Treadwell, JJ. concur.

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