State, Department of Children & Families v. Reyes

The Department of Children and Families (Department) petitions this court for a writ of certiorari, alleging that the trial court departed from the essential requirements of the law in ordering the Department to prepare a transfer evaluation for Rafael Reyes. We deny the petition.

Rafael Reyes was charged with battery and sexual battery in September of 1993. On December 17, 1993, Reyes was adjudged incompetent to proceed to trial and was committed to the Department and placed at the South Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center (SFETC), a forensic treatment facility. Since then, annual orders…