THORNHILL v. STATE

No. 4D10-2927.

103 So.3d 949 (2012)

Nicole THORNHILL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 12, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob M. Noble of Noble Law, Palm Beach Gardens, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Helene C. Hvizd , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


GROSS, J.

A lawyer suspended from the practice of law represented a client in a criminal proceeding at a docket call during his one-month suspension, without the knowledge of the trial judge. We reject the claim that per se reversible error occurred, because this "trial error" was harmless, and thus did not constitute a structural defect that infected the entire criminal proceeding.

On May 13, 2008, the State charged Nicole Thornhill in a five-count indictment...

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