District Court of Appeal of Florida

A conviction for attempted voluntary manslaughter is affirmed over claims of error regarding: (1) a denial of a motion to suppress; (2) admission of hearsay evidence as an excited utterance; and (3) a failure to conduct a Faretta inquiry upon defendant's request to represent himself.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/15/2006
• Published 02/15/2006

Judges

• WARNER, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Susan D. Cline, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melanie Dale Surber, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.