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IN RE AMENDMENTS TO RULE OF CRIM. PROCEDURE 3.111

No. SC08-2163.

17 So.3d 272 (2009)

In re AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 3.111.

Supreme Court of Florida.

August 27, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fleur J. Lobree, Chair, Florida Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, Miami, FL, and Senior Judge Thomas H. Bateman, III, Past Chair, Florida Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, Tallahassee, FL; John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, Jodi Beth Jennings, Bar Staff Liaison, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Glen P. Gifford, Assistant Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of the Florida Public Defender Association; and Barbara Sanders, pro se, Apalachicola, FL, Responding with Comments.

LABARGA, J.

This matter is before the Court for consideration sua sponte of amendments to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.111(d) (Waiver of Counsel). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.

Background

In Indiana v. Edwards, ___ U.S. ___, 128 S.Ct. 2379, 171 L.Ed.2d 345 (2008), the United States Supreme Court held that the Constitution permits a state to limit a defendant's right to self-representation...

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