RICHARDS v. STATE

No. 68-63.

214 So.2d 31 (1968)

Zackery Jack RICHARDS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

September 18, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee R. Horton, Jr., Public Defender, and J. Michael McCarthy, Special Asst. Public Defender, Lakeland, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William D. Roth, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lakeland, for appellee.


MANN, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of breaking and entering, destruction of property and possession of burglary tools after a trial at which he handled his own defense. He complains that counsel was not appointed to defend him after his rejection, for no stated cause, of representation by the public defender. This case differs from Donald v. State, 166 So.2d 453 (Fla.App. 1964), where the public defender withdrew and no replacement...

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