DEJESUS v. STATE (2020)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Bianca DEJESUS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Case No. 5D19-3077

Decided: June 26, 2020

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Thomas J. Lukashow, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Nora Hutchinson Hall, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

We affirm the judgments and sentences imposed by the trial court in the four cases below pursuant to the negotiated plea agreement between Appellant and the State of Florida. We do, however, remand for the court to amend its July 22, 2019 order, entered the day of the competency hearing, to show that in addition to finding Appellant competent at the time of entry of her plea, she was competent to proceed with sentencing. We find the remaining arguments raised by Appellant on appeal to be meritless.

AFFIRMED; REMANDED for the entry of an amended order consistent with this opinion.

PER CURIAM.

LAMBERT, EISNAUGLE, and HARRIS, JJ., concur.

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