Department of Children & Families v. Davis

Petitioner, Department of Children and Families (“DCF”), seeks certiorari review of a circuit court order entered in a commitment proceeding. Respondent, Cayman Jerel Davis, was charged by. amended information with two counts of lewd or lascivious battery. A competency evaluation was performed, and the circuit court thereafter entered an order adjudging Davis incompetent to proceed due to mental illness and committing him to DCF.

In filing this petition, DCF challenges the order and maintains that the written report upon which the circuit court relied did not conclude Davis is incompetent due…