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finding that no Nelson inquiry was necessary where the appellant did not complain that his counsel was incompetent but only that he was displeased with counsel's trial preparation
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Case No. 96-1170
Opinion filed August 27, 1997
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; William P. Dimitrouleas, Judge; L.T. Case No. 95-19812 CF10A.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sharon A. Wood, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
The appellant argues that the trial court failed to conduct a full Nelson inquiry when appellant complained about his trial counsel. See Nelson v. State, 274 So.2d 256 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973), approved, Hardwick v. State, 521 So.2d 1071 (Fla. 1988). No inquiry was needed, however, since appellant did not complain that his counsel was incompetent, only that he was displeased with his trial preparation. See Gudinas v. State, 693 So.2d 953 (Fla. 1997); Moultrie v. State, 679 So.2d 25 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996).
Affirmed.
WARNER, KLEIN and SHAHOOD, JJ., concur.