HILLMAN v. STATE

No. 2D12-3476.

129 So.3d 436 (2013)

Samuel Lee HILLMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 18, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard L. Dimmig, II , Public Defender, and Judith Ellis , Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jonathan P. Hurley , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


CASANUEVA, Judge.

In this appeal of his judgment and sentence for attempted armed robbery, Samuel Lee Hillman argues that the trial court erred in failing to advise him that he had a right to represent himself after he informed the court that he did not want his attorney to represent him during trial. We conclude that the trial court was not obligated to inform Mr. Hillman of his right to represent himself and affirm.

The day before his trial, Mr. Hillman...

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