Parker v. State

LILES, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant was represented by co-counsel, was convicted by a jury and sentenced to fifteen years in prison. Subsequently he filed his motion to vacate sentence and judgment for the reason that he was denied due process in that he had to share a court-appointed counsel with a codefendant. No motion for separate counsel was made prior to or during the trial.

The Florida Supreme Court in Dunbar v. State, Fla.1969, 220 So.2d 366, where they reviewed this court’s opinion at 214 So.2d 52 wherein we certified the question as being of great public interest, said:

“On the point…