DRAGO v. STATE

No. 81-2078.

415 So.2d 874 (1982)

Joseph S. DRAGO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 25, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Hill, Public Defender, Bartow, and Rick Dalan, Asst. Public Defender, St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Michael J. Kotler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


GRIMES, Judge.

This case illustrates the difficult problems sometimes faced by trial judges in dealing with accused persons who express unreasonable dissatisfaction with their court-appointed attorneys.

The state charged appellant with grand theft. The court declared appellant indigent and appointed the public defender to represent him. Several weeks later, Public Defender Bruce Taylor filed a motion to withdraw as appellant's counsel. At a hearing before...

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