MORGANO v. STATE

No. 82-689.

439 So.2d 924 (1983)

John MORGANO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied October 31, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Hill, Public Defender, and Karla J. Staker, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert J. Landry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


HOBSON, Acting Chief Judge.

John Morgano, who appeared for his scheduled jury trial without an attorney despite having been found solvent and having been admonished to retain counsel before the scheduled date of trial, appeals an order which adjudicated him guilty of burglary pursuant to the jury's verdict and sentenced him to a ten-year term of imprisonment. We affirm the finding of solvency, but reluctantly reverse the conviction and sentence and remand for a new...

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