District Court of Appeal of Florida

Where a defendant has been found incompetent to proceed and is then released upon conditions and commits a new offense, Florida Statutes section 916.17(2) leaves a trial judge with only two options: 1) modify the conditions of release or 2) involuntarily commit the defendant to Department of Children and Family Services for treatment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/12/2006
• Published 06/14/2006

Judges

• FARMER, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Daniel Cohen and Jennifer Marshall, Assistant Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Monique E. L'Italien, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondents.