HARLESS v. STATE

No. 92-2175.

622 So.2d 619 (1993)

John T. HARLESS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

August 13, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Susan A. Fagan, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

John T. Harless, Daytona Beach, pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahasee, and Myra J. Fried, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


COBB, Judge.

A hearing was held before the trial court at which the appointed public defender, at the behest of his client, the defendant Harless, moved to withdraw as counsel because Harless had a lack of confidence in the office of the public defender. The trial judge saw the problem merely as a "personality conflict" between Harless and a particular public defender, and urged that another assistant handle this case. The assistant handling the case correctly pointed...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases