Yancy v. State

The defendant, whom the circuit court found to be incompetent, petitions for a writ of certiorari. She seeks to quash the court’s order directing her “to submit to a risk assessment evaluation conducted by the expert retained by the State of Florida for such evaluation.” She argues that the order departs from the essential requirements of law because: (1) no statute or rule authorizes a “risk assessment evaluation” of a defendant adjudicated incompetent; and (2) the order requires her to be examined by a state-retained expert instead of a court-appointed expert on a competency-related issue.…