ROUSE v. STATE

No. 5D08-128.

990 So.2d 1197 (2008)

Travis ROUSE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

September 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Nancy Ryan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and L. Charlene Matthews, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


LAWSON, J.

Travis Rouse appeals from his conviction and sentence on the charge of grand theft of an automobile. He argues that the trial court erred by failing to appoint conflict-free counsel in connection with his motion to withdraw his plea prior to sentencing and, instead, summarily denying the motion. We agree, and reverse.

Rouse pled guilty in an open plea to the court to the single charge of grand theft auto alleged in the information. Prior to sentencing...

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