TAIT v. STATE

No. 76-2412.

362 So.2d 292 (1978)

Cameron TAIT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied October 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, James L. Eisenberg, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, and Linda L. Hagerty, Legal Intern, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Richard P. Zaretsky and Glenn H. Mitchell, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


LETTS, Judge.

Article I Section 16 of the Florida Constitution provides that every accused shall have the right to be heard in person, by counsel or both. Notwithstanding, the trial court denied the appellant's pro se motion, before trial, to act as co-counsel at his trial for second degree murder. We reverse.

We are not convinced that we like the result in this case, but we cannot ignore the plain unequivocal language of our constitutional provision which...

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