Legal Opinion

Borroto v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 29, 2005No. 5D05-1607Published

1Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM. .

Appellant appeals the order striking his pro se rule 3.800(a) motion. The trial court struck the motion, finding that Appellant was not entitled to represent himself and at the same time be represented by counsel. Although the trial court’s order shows that a copy was served on counsel for Appellant, nothing was attached to the order to show that Appellant was represented by counsel at the time he filed his pro se motion.

The State was ordered to file a response to the appeal. The State was unable to verify whether Appellant was, in fact, represented by counsel. As the record…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Washington v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2005

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