TUHEY v. STATE

No. 4D06-4222.

972 So.2d 1029 (2008)

Glenn TUHEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Ellen Griffin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Katherine Y. McIntire, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


CORRECTED OPINION

FARMER, J.

Tuhey entered a plea of no contest to battery on a detainee, trafficking in cocaine and violating probation. He was represented by counsel at the plea. But soon after entering his plea, he moved pro se to withdraw the plea, saying that it was "by far" not in his best interests. Critical to our purposes, he requested that counsel be appointed for the matter. The trial court found the motion facially insufficient because...

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