State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “(b) If at any time after five years after determining a person incompetent to stand trial when charged with a felony or one year when charged with a misdemeanor, the court, after hearing, determines that the defendant remains incompetent to stand trial, that there is no substantial probability that the defendant will become mentally competent to stand trial in the foreseeable future and that the defendant does meet the criteria for involuntary hospitalization set forth by law, the court shall dismiss the charges against the defendant. ... (Emphasis supplied.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 479 So. 2d 169 - Thompson v. Crawford

2. “short circui[t] [the] provision of [Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.210] directing that he commit [the defendant] to the Division of Mental Health under said § 394.467.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 479 So. 2d 169 - Thompson v. Crawford