WHEELER v. STATE

No. 4D01-2344.

839 So.2d 770 (2003)

Mary WHEELER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied March 19, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell J. Beers and Barbara J. Scheffer of Mitchell J. Beers, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens, for appellant.

Charlie Crist, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard Valuntas, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


STONE, J.

Wheeler challenges her perjury conviction on grounds that the trial court abused its discretion in its application of Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 95 S.Ct. 2525, 45 L.Ed.2d 562 (1975), by failing to re-appoint counsel. We affirm.

When Wheeler arrived at the first docket call, she indicated that her intention was to try to obtain a dismissal without hiring an attorney. The court informed her that she...

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