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Chapman v. State, No. 4D08-2978 (Fla. App. 5/20/2009) (Fla. App., 2009)

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RICHARD CHAPMAN, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 4D08-2978. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District. May 20, 2009.Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Okeechobee County; Lawrence Mirman, Judge; L.T. Case No. 07-803 CFA. Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Barbara J. Wolfe, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Katherine Y. Mclntire, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee. PER CURIAM. Based upon the state’s concession of error, we reverse appellant’s conviction and sentence and remand for a new trial. The trial court conducted a Faretta1 inquiry and determined that appellant was competent to represent himself...continue to full post

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