MORGAN v. STATE

No. 4D06-4210.

991 So.2d 984 (2008)

Robert Winston MORGAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 1, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and John Pauly, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mark J. Hamel, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


STEVENSON, J.

Robert Winston Morgan appeals his criminal convictions and sentences for attempted second degree murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He claims that the trial court conducted an inadequate Faretta inquiry prior to permitting him to elect self-representation. We agree and reverse for a new trial.

On February 6, 2006, privately-retained counsel, John A. Garcia, Esq., was substituted for the public defender as the defendant...

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