Lopez v. State

Full title: JESUS LOPEZ, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Nov 3, 1981

405 So. 2d 484 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

Opinion

No. 80-1425.

November 3, 1981.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Dade County; Lenore C. Nesbitt, Judge.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Michael Zelman, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Anthony C. Musto, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before DANIEL S. PEARSON, FERGUSON and JORGENSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. Where the parties' attorneys and the judge agree, the trial court may decide the issue of competency on the basis of written reports. Fowler v. State, 255 So.2d 513 (Fla. 1971); Peeples v. State, 404 So.2d 774, (Fla. 3d DCA 1981).