WATKINS v. STATE

No. 2D06-5074.

959 So.2d 386 (2007)

Jeffery Dana WATKINS, Appellant v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 15, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Cynthia A. Dodge, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Tiffany Gatesh Fearing, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


WHATLEY, Judge.

Jeffery Dana Watkins appeals his judgment for habitual offender driving while licensed revoked. Watkins contends that the trial court failed to conduct an adequate Faretta1 hearing before accepting his no contest plea. We agree and reverse.

Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.111(d)(2) provides as follows:

A defendant shall not be considered to have waived the assistance of counsel until the entire...

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