Smith v. State

Full title: FREDDIE SMITH, Appellant v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jun 14, 2000

760 So. 2d 1013 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

Opinion

No. 3D98-122.

Opinion filed June 14, 2000.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Stanford Blake, Judge, L.T. No. 94-42130.

Freddie Smith, in proper person.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Jill K. Traina, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON, and RAMIREZ, JJ.

CONFESSION OF ERROR

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Freddie Smith, appeals the trial court's denial of appointed counsel at the evidentiary hearing on his motion for post-conviction relief pursuant to Rule 3.850 of the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. Upon the State's proper confession of error, this cause is reversed and remanded to the trial court with directions to appoint counsel for this indigent defendant.

Reversed and remanded.