NICHOLAS PAUL RAITHEL v. STATE OF FLORIDA

The defendant appeals his conviction and sentence for making a false report of a bomb. He argues that his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to move to suppress his 211 call 1 as protected by the psychotherapist-patient privilege; and the trial court erred in (1) denying his motion for judgment of acquittal; (2) proceeding to trial without determining his competency; and (3) imposing a $2,351 public defender lien. We find merit in his arguments concerning the competency issue and in the imposition of the public defender lien. We therefore reverse and remand the case.

The defendant has a…