Bernard v. State

Full title: Nolan Darnell BERNARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Date published: Dec 5, 2014

151 So. 3d 551 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

Opinion

No. 5D13–3701.

12-05-2014

Nolan Darnell BERNARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and George D.E. Burden, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robin A. Compton, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and George D.E. Burden, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robin A. Compton, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See State v. Craft, 685 So.2d 1292, 1295 (Fla.1996) (holding that after trial court follows procedure outlined in Nelson v. State, 274 So.2d 256 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973), and denies motion to discharge counsel, court is not thereafter obligated to inform defendant of his or her right to self-representation absent an unequivocal request for self-representation).

TORPY, C.J., LAWSON and LAMBERT, JJ., concur.