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PETTY v. STATE

No. 1D07-4976.

1 So.3d 1183 (2009)

Willie PETTY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 30, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Glenna Joyce Reeves, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Donna A. Gerace, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The appellant challenges his convictions and sentences for lewd and lascivious battery and unlawful sexual activity. He alleges that the trial court erred by failing to conduct an adequate Faretta1 inquiry prior to allowing him to represent himself at trial. We agree and reverse.

Here, although the record indicates that the trial court adequately expressed to appellant the dangers of self-representation, the...

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