Thomas v. State

In this criminal case, appellant Woodrow Thomas seeks, not review of any ruling made by the trial court, but rather a declaration that the trial court fundamentally erred in failing to reject sua sponte defense counsel’s waiver of a complete competency hearing. We decline to rule in such a manner, although we express no opinion whether appellant may have other remedies against his lawyer.

' After reviewing a report from an institute known as Life Management Center, defense counsel filed a Florida Rule ‘ of Criminal Procedure 3.210(b) motion for competency evaluation. The trial court, having…