TYRELL LAVON HOLLY, PETITIONER,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Fla. 5th DCA | 2016-03-04
No. 5D16-65
PALMER and BERGER, JJ., concur.
187 So. 3d 313 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2016) Positive Treatment
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Synopsis

Holly petitioned for certiorari review challenging the denial of his motion to dismiss criminal charges under Florida's statute requiring dismissal when a defendant found incompetent to proceed due to intellectual disability or autism remains incompetent beyond two years. The court denied the petition because Holly's record did not contain a court order specifically finding him incompetent to proceed, which is a prerequisite to relief under the statute.


Holding

The court denied certiorari relief because Holly failed to establish a departure from the essential requirements of law. Although Holly's allegations satisfied the jurisdictional requirements for irreparable harm, the trial court's denial of his motion to dismiss was not a departure from the essential requirements of law because the record did not contain a court order specifically finding Holly incompetent to proceed due to intellectual disability or autism, which is a prerequisite to seeking dismissal under section 916.303.


Headnotes

[1] Certiorari review is appropriate when a petitioner establishes a departure from the essential requirements of the law causing material and irreparable harm, and an absenc…

[2] A defendant must first be found incompetent to proceed due to intellectual disability or autism by court order before seeking dismissal of charges under section 916.303(1…

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Key Quotes

“The charges against any defendant found to be incompetent to proceed due to intellectual disability or autism shall be dismissed without prejudice to the state if the defendant remains incompetent to proceed within a reasonable time after such determination, not to exceed 2 years, unless the court in its order specifies its reasons for believing that the defendant will become competent to proceed within the foreseeable future”

Establishes the statutory basis for Holly's motion—the mandatory dismissal provision when incompetency persists beyond two years unless the court specifies reasons for expecting future competency

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Facts & Procedural History

Holly had two pending criminal cases and filed a second motion to dismiss based on section 916.303(1), Florida Statutes, which requires dismissal of c…

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Opinion of the Court
LAMBERT, J.

LAMBERT, J.

Tyrell Lavon Holly petitions this court for certiorari review of the denial of 'his second motion to dismiss without prejudice, filed pursuant to section 916.303(1), Florida Statutes (2015). Based upon the record before us, we cannot conclude that there has been a departure from the essential requirements of the law 'causing material and irreparable harm. Accordingly, we deny the petition.

Holly has two criminal cases pending in the circuit court. He moved to dismiss the charges in both cases based on section 916.303(1), Florida Statutes (2015), which provides:

(1) The charges against any defendant found to be incompetent to proceed due to intellectual disability or autism shall be dismissed without prejudice to the ' state if the defendant remains incompetent to proceed within a reasonable time after such determination, not to exceed 2 years, unless the court in-its order specifies its reasons for bejieving that the defendant will become competent to proceed within the foreseeable future and *315specifies the time within which the defendant is expected to become competent to proceed. The charges may be refiled by the state if the defendant is declared competent to proceed in the Mure.

In the petition before this Court, Holly alleges that he has previously-been found incompetent to proceed and that absent the court specifying in its denial order the reasons for believing that he will become competent to proceed within the foreseeable future, he is entitled to certiorari relief because he has a substantive right to dismissal under this statute.. See Hines v. State, 931 So.2d 148, 149-50 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006).

“To obtain relief via writ of.cer-tiorari, a petitioner must establish: (1) a departure from the essential requirements of the law; (2) a consequent material injury for the balance of the trial; and (3) the absence of an adequate remedy on appeal.” Holmes Reg’l Med. Ctr., Inc. v. Dumigan, 151 So.3d 1282, 1284 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014) (citing Allan & Conrad, Inc. v. Univ. of Cent. Fla., 961 So.2d 1083, 1087 (Fla. 5th DCA 2007)). “The second and third prongs of this three-part [test] are often combined into the concept of ‘irreparable harm/ and they are jurisdictional.” Id. (citing Citizens Prop. Ins. Corp. v. San Perdido Ass’n, 104 So.3d 344, 351 (Fla.2012)).

We find that Holly’s allegations are sufficient to establish the jurisdictional second and third prongs for certiorari review due to the absence of adequate appellate review and the necessity to preserve the constitutional due process rights of an incompetent criminal defendant. See Vazquez v. State, 496 So.2d, 818, 820 (Fla.1986). Further, we agree with Holly that “[a]n individual who has been adjudicated incompetent is presumed to remain incompetent until adjudicated competent to proceed by á court.” Henry v. State, 178 So.3d 928, 929 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015) (quoting Dougherty v. State, 149 So.3d 672, 676 (Fla.2014)). Nevertheless, our present record does not contain an order specifically finding Holly to be incompetent to proceed due to intellectual disability or autism, which is required before Holly or, for that matter, any defendant may seek dismissal of pending criminal charges pursuant to section 916.303, Florida Statutes,1 nor does it appear that such an order currently exists.' Absent such an order, the trial court’s denial of Holly’s second motion to dismiss is not a departure from the essential requirements of the law.

PETITION FOR WRIT.OF CERTIO-RARI DENIED.

PALMER and BERGER, JJ., concur.


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