Mincey v. State

JOANOS, Judge.

In this direct appeal from a conviction and sentence for robbery, appellant raises three issues, one of which requires reversal and remand for a new trial.

A few days before trial was scheduled to begin, appellant’s appointed public defender filed a motion to withdraw as counsel, certifying conflict based on information only recently acquired. The trial court denied the motion, rejecting the public defender’s argument based on Nixon v. Siegel, 626 So.2d 1024 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998), and determining that the court had the responsibility to go behind the certification of conflict and…