Joseph Daniel Flowers v. State of Florida

Joseph Daniel Flowers appeals the final judgment after a jury found him guilty of seven charges. We affirm, but remand this case to the trial court to enter a written order of competency.

Flowers correctly argues that the trial court must enter a written order finding the defendant competent. See Fla. R. Crim.P. 3.212(b). However, as noted by this court in White v. State, 548 So.2d 765, 768 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989), where a trial court has entered an oral finding that the defendant is competent, but no written order of competency has been entered, the proper remedy is to affirm the judgment and to…