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Appeals Court Overturns Century Man’s Indecent Exposure Conviction
June 29, 2018
The First District Court of Appeal has reversed the conviction of a Century man accused of exposing himself in front of local nursing home residents.
The appeals court reversed the conviction of Daryl Lamar Brown because a court-ordered competency evaluation was not completed. A new defense attorney took over Brown’s case before trial, but was unaware of the court order and was under the impression that Brown was competent to stand trial due to two previous evaluations. His interactions with Brown also led him to believe he was competent to stand trial.
Brown filed a post-conviction motion claiming his trial counsel was ineffective, and the trial court denied the motion. But the appeals court found it was in error to deny relief based upon the lawyer’s personal interactions and previous evaluations when a new competency evaluation had been ordered.
Brown was found guilty by an Escambia County jury of two counts of lewd and lascivious exposure in the presence of an elderly or disabled person and two additional misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure. In 2014, he was sentenced to five years in prison by Circuit Court Judge Ross Goodman.
The charges were filed after the defendant was observed by several residents of the Century Care Center committing lewd and indecent acts in the early morning hours outside the center.
The case has remanded to the lower court for further proceedings.
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6 Responses to “Appeals Court Overturns Century Man’s Indecent Exposure Conviction”
I agree with you no excuses. He knew exactly what he was doing. I think anyone who messes with young children or the elderly should be locked up and throw away the key. Neither the young or elderly can defend themselves. This is just an upsetting crime. God bless the victims. What is this world coming to ?
REGARDING:
“was wrongfully convicted from the beginning.”
He didn’t expose himself in the presence of an elderly or disabled person and two additional misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure?
AND
“He completed his sentence day foe day”
In 2014, he was sentenced to five years in prison by Circuit Court AND has already served the five years?
I’m going to assume there must have been some time served before the sentence counted.
Not griping or bad-mouthing, just wondering.
David for the innocent
He completed his sentence day foe day and was wrongfully convicted from the beginning.
Hmm quite an interesting story
So now instead of prison he will be committed to a mental institution? Competent or not, you can’t have someone on the street exposing himself whenever he feels like it.
So, give him his competency hearing and reinstate the sentence. He was competent enough to complain about his attorney. He knew what he was doing.