DiBARTOLOMEO v. STATE

No. 82-575.

450 So.2d 925 (1984)

Gary D. DiBARTOLOMEO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 13, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Barbara A. White, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Russell S. Bohn, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Gary DiBartolomeo was convicted of burglary of a conveyance and sentenced to five years imprisonment. We reverse because the trial court compelled the defendant to proceed pro se at his trial without first making an adequate inquiry into his financial ability to retain private counsel. Apparently the trial judge felt that DiBartolomeo was not entitled to a court-appointed attorney in view of his failure to submit an affidavit of indigency with the...

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