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MEEKS v. STATE

No. 2D02-377.

841 So.2d 648 (2003)

Johnnie MEEKS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 9, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Brad Permar, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ann Pfeiffer Howe, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

Johnnie Meeks contends, and the State concedes, that the trial court should not have heard and denied his motion to withdraw his plea pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.170(l) without appointing counsel to represent him in the matter. We agree.

A criminal defendant facing incarceration has a right to counsel at every critical stage of the proceedings against him. Wofford v. State, 819 So.2d 891...

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