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ROBERT J. TREASE, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. SC07-1353 No. SC08-792 Supreme Court Of Florida June 24, 2010

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ROBERT J. TREASE, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. SC07-1353 No. SC08-792Supreme Court Of Florida June 24, 2010 Mark E. Olive, Tallahassee, Florida, and Thomas H. Dunn, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellant/Petitioner Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Stephen D. Ake, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, Florida, for Appellee/Respondent PER CURIAM. Discharged counsel appeals the trial court’s order granting Robert J. Trease’s pro se motion to waive postconviction counsel and proceedings.1 For the Page 2 reasons explained below, we affirm the trial court’s order, and we deny Trease’s subsequent request to reinstate his postconviction proceedings. I. BACKGROUNDIn 2000, this Court affirmed Trease’s conviction for first-degree murder and his death sentence...continue to full post

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