Willie George Dixon, Jr. v. State of Florida

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: August 16, 2018
• Docket: 17-3367
• Status: Published

Opinion

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________

No. 1D17-3367 _____________________________

WILLIE GEORGE DIXON, JR.,

Appellant,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County. Gary L. Bergosh, Judge.

August 16, 2018

PER CURIAM.

Willie George Dixon, Jr. raises three issues on appeal. The first, regarding the trial court’s failure to conduct a proper competency determination, requires reversal—which the State concedes. The other two we find to be without merit. The remedy is a remand for the trial court to conduct a nunc pro tunc competency evaluation; if one cannot be done, Dixon must receive a new trial. See Brooks v. State, 180 So. 3d 1094, 1095 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015).

MAKAR, WINOKUR, and WINSOR, JJ., concur. _____________________________

Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________

Andy Thomas, Public Defender, and Justin Foster Karpf, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Steven Edward Woods, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.