Brooks v. State

WENTWORTH, Judge.

Appellant seeks review of an order by which his involuntary hospitalization was continued without a hearing. Upon receipt of an annual hospital report that appellant met the criteria for continued hospitalization, the court declined to grant appellant’s request for a hearing. Appellee concedes on appeal that, as established by Johnson v. Feder, 485 So.2d 409 (Fla.1986), in accordance with section 916.15, Florida Statutes, and Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.218, appellant is entitled to the requested hearing. The parties raised the further issue as to whether Rule 3.218(a), in providing that…