Robert L. Rumph v. State

Robert Lee Rumph, Jr., appeals the judgment and sentence imposed upon him by the trial court after he pled no contest to second-degree murder with a firearm pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement. He argues that the trial court committed reversible error when it failed to follow the proper competency procedures and failed to enter a written order finding him competent to proceed before it permitted him to enter a guilty plea. We agree and reverse. ■

Shortly before 3:00 p.m. on November 8, 2009, Foquan Bell was shot eight times in his apartment. The gunman paused in the middle of the shooting,…