Nelson v. State, No. 71--1008
| Court | Court of Appeal of Florida (US) |
| Writing for the Court | REED |
| Citation | 274 So.2d 256 |
| Parties | William Arthur NELSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. |
| Docket Number | No. 71--1008 |
| Decision Date | 28 February 1973 |
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v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Rehearing Denied March 29, 1973.
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Walter N. Colbath, Jr., Public Defender, and Carl V. M. Coffin, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Nelson E. Bailey, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.
REED, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the Criminal Court of Record for Orange County, Florida, denying without an evidentiary hearing a motion to vacate a
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judgment and sentence filed by the defendant pursuant to Rule 3.850 CrPR, 33 F.S.A.The appellant had been charged with the robbery of one Robert Fleming on 5 February 1970. Appellant pled not guilty. He was convicted by a jury and sentenced to 25 years in prison. On 6 April 1971 the appellant filed the motion to vacate. The motion alleged that although the appellant, an indigent, had court appointed counsel at the time of arraignment, he only saw counsel on one occasion. The motion avers that the appointed counsel was a personal friend of the robbery victim. Appointed counsel allegedly suggested that the appellant plead guilty. The motion further states that after appellant refused to plead guilty, appellant asked the trial judge prior to the commencement of trial to dismiss appointed counsel. The trial judge complied with the request to dismiss appointed counsel, but refused appellant's request to appoint a successor. As a consequence, the defendant was required to stand trial without the assistance of counsel.
The trial court's order on the motion to vacate indicates that the court in passing on the motion referred to certain notes of the court reporter which were made at the time the appellant moved the court to discharge his court appointed attorney. Apparently from these notes, which are not in the record before us, the trial judge made the following findings:
'1) That Defendant was not tried against his will without representation on November 10, 1970.
2) That Defendant was not sentenced against his will without representation on February 10, 1971.
3) That on the occasion of Defendant's trial on November 10, 1970 after being advised by the Trial Judge that he would have to proceed to trial without counsel if he persisted in his demand that court appointed counsel withdraw, Defendant did so persist and the trial...
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