SCOTT v. STATE

No. 1D06-4439.

991 So.2d 971 (2008)

Clifford Earl SCOTT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 22, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Kathleen Stover, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Giselle Lylen Rivera, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


BENTON, J.

Clifford Scott appeals convictions for possession of cocaine with intent to sell, possession of marijuana, and reckless driving. Before the jury was sworn, trial counsel, an assistant public defender, informed the trial court—purportedly as soon as he learned of the problem himself—of a conflict of interest, viz., that the public defender's office also represented the "confidential informant" who was assigned to make a "controlled buy" from...

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