Rogers v. State

Christine Lashay Rogers appeals a trial' court order ruling — only on remand after we had reversed her murder conviction for lack of any judicial determination of her mental competency to proceed — that she had in fact been mentally competent to proceed when she stood trial some years earlier. We have jurisdiction. Fla. R.App. P. 9.140(b)(1)(D) (“A defendant may appeal ... orders entered after final judgment.”). We reverse the order under review.1

Thirteen years old when she allegedly stabbed an acquaintance to death, Ms. Rogers was tried as an adult and convicted of second-degree murder.…