TITA v. State

Jerome Tita petitions for a writ of cer-tiorari, claiming that the trial court departed from the essential requirements of law in refusing to appoint additional experts and declining to once again determine his competency. We dismiss the petition.

Tita is charged with attempted second degree murder for allegedly stabbing a man four times in the chest. He was previously committed to a state hospital for competency training following a hearing where he was declared incompetent to proceed. A doctor at the state hospital, where the defendant was committed, evaluated Tita and reported that he was…