JAKARI WEBB
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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A trial court commits fundamental error when it fails to make an independent determination of a defendant's competence to proceed after appointing an expert to evaluate competence, where the record reflects reasonable grounds to believe the defendant might not be competent.
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FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
_____________________________ Case No. 5D2024-1038 LT Case No. 2022-303030-CFDB _____________________________ JAKARI WEBB, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _____________________________ On appeal from the Circuit Court for Volusia County. Randell H. Rowe, III, Judge. Matthew J. Metz, Public Defender, and Darnelle Lawshe, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Whitney Brown Hartless, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee. February 6, 2026
PER CURIAM.
In this appeal from his convictions and sentences for firstdegree murder and resisting an officer without violence, Appellant claims that the trial court committed fundamental error in failing to make an independent determination of Appellant’s competence after appointing an expert to evaluate Appellant’s competence to
2 proceed. Because the record reflects that the trial court had reasonable grounds to believe that Appellant might not be competent, the court fundamentally erred when it failed to make an independent determination regarding Appellant’s competence. See Carnley v. State, 403 So. 3d 1094, 1097 (Fla. 5th DCA 2025); accord Davis v. State, 418 So. 3d 851, 852 (Fla. 5th DCA 2025). Accordingly, we reverse and remand for a nunc pro tunc determination of Appellant’s competence at the time of trial or for a new trial, if such determination cannot be made by the court. Davis, 418 So. 3d at 852; Carnley, 403 So. 3d at 1097.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
JAY, C.J., and KILBANE and MACIVER, JJ., concur.