Brown v. State

ORFINGER, R. B., J.

In this Anders1 case, Daniel W. Brown, Sr. challenges his conviction and sentence, alleging that his plea was invalid because he was unrepresented by counsel. We reverse because the record fails to demonstrate that the trial court conducted a proper Faretta2 inquiry when it allowed Brown to represent himself or offered Brown the assistance of counsel when he entered his plea.

Brown was charged with sale and delivery of a controlled substance within one thousand feet of a school3 and felony driving while license suspended.4 On the morning of trial, Brown, then unrepresented…