Kendrick Silver v. State of Florida

Kendrick Silver filed a petition alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel (IAAC). We treat the petition as a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and grant the petition in part, finding merit in one of his three grounds, claiming appellate counsel should have argued that the trial court erred in proceeding to trial without holding a competency hearing in accordance with Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.210. We vacate the challenged convictions and sentences because the trial court appointed experts to examine Silver to determine whether he was competent to proceed, but never…