Roberts v. State

VAN NORTWICK,

Judge, concurring in result.

I concur with the result in this case. I write separately because I conclude that a reversal is required in the present case by Traylor v. State, 596 So.2d 957 (Fla.1992), without regard to whether the Appellant, while unrepresented, placed the trial court on notice that his waiver of a right to counsel may not be knowing by specifically inquiring prior to the onset of trial about his “co-counsel.” 1

In Traylor, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that under the Counsel Clause contained in section 16 of the Florida Constitution,2 a criminal defendant “is…