# Kent v. State

> District Court of Appeal of Florida · December 5, 1997 · 702 So. 2d 265

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7710332

## Case

- **Full name:** Willie Jerome KENT v. STATE of Florida
- **Court:** District Court of Appeal of Florida
- **Decided:** December 5, 1997
- **Citations:** 702 So. 2d 265; 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 13615
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Dauksch
- **Judges:** Cobb, Dauksch, Sharp
- **Cited by:** 11 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7710332

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that allegations of memory loss and a failure to understand the seriousness of penalties are not necessarily sufficient grounds to require a competency hearing

## Opinion text

DAUKSCH, Judge,
concurring specially.
While I agree the judgments should be affirmed, I cannot subscribe to the obiter dicta regarding section 924.051(8), Florida Statutes (Supp.1996).

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