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KEARSE v. STATE

No. 1D02-1606.

858 So.2d 348 (2003)

James KEARSE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 30, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellant James Kearse, pro se, Malone.

Charlie Crist, Attorney General, and Thomas H. Duffy, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, James Kearse, raises three issues on appeal, one of which we find dispositive. Before a pre-trial suppression hearing, Kearse unequivocally requested that he be allowed to represent himself. The trial court denied the appellant's request without conducting a Faretta hearing. In Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 95 S.Ct. 2525, 45 L.Ed.2d 562 (1975), the Supreme Court held that a defendant has an...

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