Legal Opinion
Laramee v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided June 15, 2012No. 5D10-3865PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOrfinger, C.J.
Jesse E. Laramee challenges his multiple convictions of sexually-related felonies, claiming that the trial court erred by failing to hold Nelson1 or Faretta2 hearings. We reverse.
The trial court initially appointed the public defender to represent Mr. Laramee. However, as a result of the public defender’s conflict of interest, attorney Edwin Tilton was appointed to represent Mr. Laramee. Several weeks before the *343scheduled trial, Mr. Laramee sent a letter to the trial judge, complaining that Mr. Tilton only met with him once and disregarded his direction to depose twelve specifically named…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Illinois v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Nelson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1973
- Logan v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2003
- Hardwick v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1988
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Deferrell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016
- Cravelyn Hooker v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2014
- Eib v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016
- Boaz v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2014
- Jeffry R. Dickerson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2017
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