FRETT v. STATE

No. 2D01-2466.

864 So.2d 577 (2004)

Clarence FRETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 4, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Celene Humphries, Special Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ronald Napolitano, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


COVINGTON, Judge.

Clarence Frett was tried and found guilty of two counts of robbery with a firearm, resisting arrest without violence, and possession of cocaine. On appeal he argues that his conviction should be reversed because he was not present during a critical stage of the criminal proceedings against him. We agree and remand for a new trial.

About a month before his trial was to begin, Frett filed a motion to dismiss his court-appointed counsel, Tracy...

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