LEONARD JEROME WHITE JR.
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2020-10-30
No. 19-2475
Baxley, J., Evander, C.J., Eisnaugle, J., Traver, J.
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2020)

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Holding

The convictions are affirmed, but the case is remanded for entry of a nunc pro tunc written order adjudicating the defendant competent to proceed based on the trial court's independent determination of competence.


Headnotes

[1] A trial court must enter a written nunc pro tunc order adjudicating a defendant competent to proceed based on the court's independent determination of competence.

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Leonard Jerome White Jr. was convicted by jury of carjacking with a firearm, aggravated assault with a firearm, and felony fleeing or attempting to el…

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Opinion of the Court
Evander

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FIFTH DISTRICT

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO

FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND

DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

LEONARD JEROME WHITE JR.,

Appellant,

v. Case No. 5D19-2475

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee.

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Opinion filed October 30, 2020

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Lake County, James R. Baxley, Judge.

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Susan A. Fagan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard A. Pallas, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Leonard Jerome White, Jr. appeals the judgment and sentence entered by the trial court after a jury found him guilty of carjacking with a firearm, aggravated assault with a firearm, and felony fleeing or attempting to elude. We affirm in all respects, but remand for entry of a nunc pro tunc written order adjudicating him competent to proceed based

AFFIRMED; REMANDED with directions.

EVANDER, C.J., EISNAUGLE and TRAVER, JJ., concur.

Footnotes
2 upon the court’s independent determination of White’s competence. See Davis v. State, 239 So. 3d 202, 202 (Fla. 5th DCA 2018).

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