McDONALD v. STATE

No. 92-2269.

622 So.2d 70 (1993)

Calvin Scott McDONALD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 21, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth G. Spillias, Law Office of Kenneth G. Spillias, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Dawn S. Wynn and Joan Fowler, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The primary issue in this criminal appeal is whether appellant, Calvin McDonald, was improperly denied the right to represent himself and to make his own defense. The essential inquiries to be made by the trial court when a criminal defendant seeks to handle his own defense are outlined in Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 95 S.Ct. 2525, 45 L.Ed.2d 562 (1975). See also Jones v. State, 584...

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