SAPIO v. STATE

No. 68-785.

223 So.2d 759 (1969)

Ben Sebastian SAPIO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

June 17, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry N. Semet, Miami, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Harold Mendelow, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before CHARLES CARROLL, C.J., and PEARSON and BARKDULL, JJ.


PEARSON, Judge.

The controlling question on this appeal is whether the court below erred in refusing to appoint state-provided trial counsel for the defendant. A three-count information was filed against the appellant. Count one charged him with the violation of § 800.01, Fla. Stat., F.S.A., by committing fellatio; count two charged him with the unlawful possession of marijuana; count three charged him with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. After several...

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