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1997 Florida Statutes

SECTION 145
Adjudication of incompetency due to mental retardation; dismissal of charges.

916.145  Adjudication of incompetency due to mental retardation; dismissal of charges.--The charges against any defendant adjudicated incompetent to stand trial due to his or her mental retardation shall be dismissed if the defendant remains incompetent to stand trial 2 years after such adjudication, unless the court in its order specifies its reasons for believing that the defendant will become competent to stand trial and the time within which the defendant is expected to become competent to stand trial.

History.--s. 6, ch. 83-274; s. 74, ch. 87-226; s. 1532, ch. 97-102.