BRANTLEY v. STATE

No. 3D00-859.

773 So.2d 1199 (2000)

Kareem BRANTLEY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Lisa Walsh, Assistant Public Defender.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Michael J. Neimand, Assistant Attorney General, and Tomas Mielke, Assistant Attorney General, and Zhierlyn Mae Kelly, Certified Legal Intern (Fort Lauderdale), for appellee.

Before JORGENSON, GERSTEN, and FLETCHER, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Kareem Brantley ("defendant"), appeals an order revoking his probation. We reverse and remand for a new hearing, because the trial court erred in denying the defendant's request to be represented by privately retained counsel instead of his court-appointed counsel.

While we recognize the defendant's request was made on the day of the revocation hearing, we note the defendant did not seek a continuance. Moreover, there was no indication that the...

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