BROWN v. STATE

No. 1D06-6319.

971 So.2d 270 (2008)

Abraham BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 7, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Carl S. McGinnes, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Donna A. Gerace and Giselle Lylen Rivera, Assistant Attorneys General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant in this direct criminal appeal argues that his convictions should be reversed because the trial court failed to conduct an adequate Faretta inquiry before accepting the appellant's waiver of his Sixth Amendment right to assistance of counsel. Because the inquiry was inadequate, we reverse the appellant's convictions.

Before a trial court may properly accept a defendant's waiver of his right to assistance of counsel, the court...

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