Moore v. State

Appellant, Christopher Moore, appeals from his judgment of conviction and sentence on the charge of aggravated assault with a firearm on Alonzo White. We reverse and remand for a new trial, specifically vacating the trial court’s order denying public defender’s motion to withdraw based on Valle v. State, 763 So.2d 1175 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000), and direct the trial court to appoint conflict-free counsel.

In this case, the assistant public defender moved to withdraw and to appoint conflict-free counsel on the grounds that the Office of the Public Defender had a substantial and continuing conflict of…