Brown v. State

Daryl Brown appeals the denial of his post-conviction motion alleging in part that his trial counsel was ineffective for allowing him to proceed to trial despite a court-ordered competency evaluation having not been completed. Two court-ordered evaluations determined Brown was competent, but the trial court ordered a third competency evaluation. Thereafter, new counsel for Mr. Brown took over before trial, but was unaware of the previous order and was under the impression that, because of the results of the previous evaluations, and because his interactions with Mr. Brown led him to believe…