Nelson v. State

Full title: DONNELL NELSON, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Apr 25, 2000

754 So. 2d 895 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

Opinion

Case No. 1D99-1469.

Opinion filed April 25, 2000.

An appeal from Circuit Court for Clay County, William A. Wilkes, Judge.

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and G. Kay Witt, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Giselle Lylen Rivera, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

In accordance with Nelson v. State, 274 So.2d 256 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973), approved, Hardwick v. State, 521 So.2d 1071 (Fla.),cert. denied, 488 U.S. 871 (1988), we reverse the appellant's conviction and remand this case to the trial court for a new trial because the trial court failed to make the required inquiries following the appellant's request that his counsel be discharged due to incompetency and that substitute counsel be appointed.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

JOANOS, ALLEN and KAHN, JJ., CONCUR