Coker v. State

978 So.2d 809 (2008)

Benjamin COKER, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 1D06-5738.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

February 19, 2008.

Rehearing Denied April 17, 2008.

Jonathan W. Dingus, Panama City, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Anne C. Conley, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

BROWNING, C.J.

Appellant challenges the denial of his postconviction motion, alleging both fundamental error in that no competency hearing was held, and ineffective assistance of counsel in that counsel did not demand a competency hearing. We affirm as to…