SPERA v. STATE

Case No. 2D18-1702.

286 So.3d 835 (2019)

Gaetano Keiran SPERA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied December 23, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard L. Dimmig, II , Public Defender, and Richard J. D'Amico , Special Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and William Stone, Jr. , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


Gaetano Spera challenges his conviction and sentence for first-degree murder. Spera was sentenced to life in prison following a jury trial. He argues on appeal that the trial court erred in failing to conduct a Faretta1 hearing after he unequivocally requested to represent himself...

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