BLOODSAW v. STATE

No. 3D05-1982.

949 So.2d 1119 (2007)

Derrick B. BLOODSAW, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

February 21, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, Miami, and Robert Godfrey, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Orlando, and Angel L. Fleming, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, for appellee.

Before RAMIREZ, SUAREZ, and LAGOA, JJ.


RAMIREZ, J.

Derrick B. Bloodsaw appeals his judgment of conviction and sentence. We affirm, finding that Bloodsaw properly exercised his right of self-representation.

At a pre-trial hearing on May 14, 2004, the trial court conducted a full Faretta hearing.1 The trial court offered Bloodsaw a detailed explanation of the advantages of having a lawyer to represent him, as well as the dangers and disadvantages of self-representation...

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