PENN v. STATE

No. 2D07-4907.

51 So.3d 622 (2011)

Lathesia PENN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 14, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman , Public Defender, and Richard P. Albertine, Jr. , Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph H. Lee , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


ALTENBERND, Judge.

Lathesia Penn appeals her judgment of conviction for third-degree grand theft and the resulting thirty-eight month term of probation. She raises five issues on appeal. We address only one issue: Ms. Penn is entitled to a new trial because the court did not conduct a preliminary Nelson inquiry after hearing that Ms. Penn wanted to discharge her lawyer. See Nelson v. State, 274 So.2d 256 (Fla...

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