Department of Children & Families v. State

The Florida Department of Children and Families seeks certiorari relief from a trial court order requiring it to place a chronically homeless, criminal defendant, who is not restorable to competency to stand trial, in a secure, locked facility to prevent him from wandering off and pro viding for his daily needs. The defendant has been declared ineligible for commitment under the Baker Act, §§ 394.451 et seq., Fla. Stat. (2011), the usual law pursuant to which an individual who is incapable of caring for himself is involuntarily committed for treatment. We grant the petition and quash the…