MOORE v. STATE

No. 91-2338.

615 So.2d 874 (1993)

Christopher Leon MOORE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Nada M. Carey, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Sara D. Baggett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


JORGENSON, Associate Judge.

The appellant challenges multiple judgments of conviction and sentences for the sale of cocaine, and possession with intent to sell. Because the court failed to conduct a sufficiently thorough inquiry in connection with the appellant's decision to represent himself at trial, the convictions must be reversed.

The necessity for a thorough inquiry when a defendant waives the right to counsel derives from Faretta v. California,<...

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