IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BRADFORD COUNTY, FLORIDA STATE OF FLORIDA, Plaintiff, vs. CASE NO. 04-2019-CF-000706-A. ‘WILLIAM EDWARD WELLS, CRIMINAL DIVISION Defendant. ORDER APPO! ERT FOR COMPETEN' [ON THIS CAUSE coming to be heard upon the Court’s own Motion to Appoint Mental Health Expert for Competency Evaluation in the above-styled cause, wherein the competency of the defendant to proceed at all stages of this criminal proceeding has been raised in accordance with the provisions of Fla.R.Crim-P. 3.210(b), and, further, the Court having reasonable grounds to believe that the defendant may be incompetent to proceed and that an expert should be appointed to examine and evaluate this defendant. ‘The Defendant is charged with First Degree Murder and Possession of Weapon by State Prisoner. He filed a Motion for Self Representation (Pro Se) and has previously been diagnosed ‘with mental health and neurological issues. In addition, the Court secks an evaluation to determine if he is competent for the purposes of making a cogent and rational decision to represent himself and competent to stand trial. WHEREFORE, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows: 1, Dr. Harry Krop is hereby appointed es an expert and shall examine and evaluate the ‘defendant in accordance with the provisions of FLA. STAT. § 916.12, and Fla R.CrimP. 3.211(@),and report relative to the following issues: ‘A. The expert shall first determine whether the defendant is mentally ill and, if so, consider the factors related to the issue of whether the defendant meets the criteria, for competence to proceed; that is, whether the defendant has sufficient presentability to consult with counsel with a reasonable degree of rational understanding and whether the defendant has a rational, as well as factual, understanding of the pending proceedings. In considering the issue of competence to proceed, the examining expert shall first consider and specifically include in their report the defendant's capacity to: y 2) 3) 4 3) 6) appreciate the charges or allegations against the defendant; appreciate the range and nature of possible penalties, if applicable, that may bbe imposed in the proceedings against the defendant; understand the adversarial nature of the legal process; disclose to counsel facts pertinent to the proceedings at issue; manifest appropriate courtroom behavior; testify relevantly. ‘The expert shall also include in the report any other factor they deem relevant. B. If the expert should determine that the defendant is incompetent to proceed, they shall report on any recommended treatment for the defendant to attain competence ‘to proceed. In considering the issues relating to treatment, the examining expert shall specifically report on: ) 2Q 3) the mental illness or retardation causing the incompetence; the treatment or treatments appropriate for the mental iliness or retardation of the defendant and an explanation of each of the possible treatment alternatives in order of choices; the availability of acceptable treatment and, if treatment is available in the community, the expert shall so state in the report; and4) the likelihood of the defendant attaining competence under the treatment recommended, an assessment of the probable duration of the treatment required to restore competence, and the probability that the defendant will attain competence to proceed in the foreseeable future, C. Any written report submitted by the expert shal: 1) identify the specific matters referred for evaluation; 2) describe the evaluative procedures, techniques, and tests used in the examination and the purpose or purposes for each; 3) state the expert's clinical observations, findings and opinions on each issue referred for evaluation by the Court, and indicate specifically those issues, if any, on which the expert could not give an opinion; and 4) identify the sources of information used by the expert and present the factual basis for the expert's clinical findings and opinions, 2. The Department of Corrections/Jail shall make available to the appointed expert the inmates medical records for purpose of this competency evaluation, if such records exist. 3. Onor before DecerKber 10, 2019, the expert appointed above shall submit his written report directly to this Court with copies to the Attomey for the State, 4. This cause is scheduled for Arraignment on December 13, 2019 at 9:00AM, Bradford County Courthouse, 945 North Temple Avenue, Starke, FL. DONE AND ORDERED in Gainesville Alachua County, Florida, this 19th day of November AD, 2019. MARK W. MOSELEY, JUDGETE OF SERVICE J HEREBY CERTIFY that a true copy of the foregoing has been furnished by electronic mail and/or U.S. Mail on this day of November A.D., 2019, to the following: Luis Bustamante, Assistant State Attomey Bradford County Jail Dr. Harry Krop combehserv/ com ‘William Edward Wells DC# 326252 Florida State Prison — Main P.O. Box 800 Raiford, FL 32083 ‘Assistant