Boynton v. State

This is an appeal by the defendant Rodney Boynton from a judgment of conviction and sentence for armed robbery. We affirm.

First, any error in failing to conduct an adequate inquiry on defendant’s pro se motion to discharge his court-appointed counsel prior to trial, see Hardwick v. State, 521 So.2d 1071, 1074 (Fla.) (adopting Nelson v. State, 21A So.2d 256 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973)), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 871, 109 S.Ct. 185, 102 L.Ed.2d 154 (1988), was, in our view, mooted and rendered harmless beyond a reasonable doubt by (1) the fact that the defendant proceeded through a several-day trial with…