AUSTIN v. STATE

No. 4D07-361.

995 So.2d 1174 (2008)

Harry AUSTIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 10, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Alan T. Lipson, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Daniel P. Hyndman, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


FARMER, J.

We reverse defendant's convictions for burglary of a dwelling, grand theft, possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and resisting an officer without violence. Defendant was convinced that his public defender was not rendering effective assistance and told the trial judge he wanted to fire her. The trial judge made clear he would not appoint replacement counsel. In the end, defendant was literally...

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