Nicholas Alan Nehring v. State of Florida

GRIFFIS III, STANLEY H., ASSOCIATE JUDGE.

Appellant raises two issues on appeal. He argues that the trial court erred by failing to enter a written order determining his competence to stand trial, and he argues that the court abused its discretion when it allowed the state to impeach his only witness with seventeen-year-old felony convictions.

First, the trial court is required to enter a written order of competency. Mullens v. State, 197 So.3d 16, 37 (Fla. 2016). The trial court orally found Appellant competent to stand trial, but it failed to enter a written order memorializing that finding.…