Wilson v. State

DAUKSCH, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for sexual battery and a life sentence with a twenty-five year mandatory minimum.

Appellant alleges he was denied effective assistance of counsel at trial. He raised that issue at trial and sought to have the court appoint a competent lawyer for him. Frazier v. State, 453 So.2d 95 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984).

Appellant was dissatisfied with his lawyer, who is an assistant public defender, and expressed that dissatisfaction to the judge before the trial. He filed a motion to have her discharged from his case. The lawyer told the trial judge she was…