Supreme Court of Florida

First-degree felony murder conviction and death sentence are reversed and remanded where the trial court failed to hold a hearing to determine whether Defendant's unequivocal request for self-representation was a knowing and intelligent waiver of his right to court-appointed counsel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/11/2008
• Published 12/11/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Jeffrey L. Anderson, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, FL, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Lisa-Marie Lerner, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, FL, for Appellee.