MITCHELL v. STATE

No. 81-311.

407 So.2d 1005 (1981)

Edward James MITCHELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Christopher S. Quarles, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and C. Michael Barnette, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


COBB, Judge.

The primary issue raised by this appeal concerns the propriety of requiring a defendant to proceed to trial pro se as a result of his rejection of appointed counsel and failure to obtain private counsel. Although the issue is clear, its resolution is difficult, for it touches upon one of the most complex legal problems confronting trial judges: how to protect the procedural and substantive rights of a balky and hostile defendant who is at odds...

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