ALEXANDER v. STATE

No. 83-1383.

446 So.2d 1189 (1984)

Harvey ALEXANDER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Hill, Public Defender, and Paul C. Helm, Asst. Public Defender, and Gerald O. Johnson, Legal Intern, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Davis G. Anderson, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


RYDER, Judge.

Harvey Alexander alleges his right to counsel was violated by the trial court by accepting a purported waiver of counsel without making an adequate inquiry into the intelligent nature of his so called waiver. We reluctantly agree and reverse.

Alexander was charged with grand theft in violation of section 812.014, Florida Statutes (1981). He was arraigned before one judge who, after a short colloquy...

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