NEELD v. STATE

No. 98-02001.

729 So.2d 961 (1999)

Roger NEELD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied March 25, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis Rexwood Curry, IV, Tampa, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sonya Roebuck Horbelt, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


CASANUEVA, Judge.

Roger Neeld contends that the trial court erred in failing to conduct an appropriate inquiry into his request to represent himself. His contention is meritorious and requires reversal.

On the morning of his scheduled trial Mr. Neeld told his counsel that he desired to represent himself. When Mr. Neeld and his counsel came before the trial court, and after discussing the potential sentence confronting Mr. Neeld, the following discussion occurred...

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