Kepford v. State

SILBERMAN, Chief Judge.

John Fitzgerald Kepford appeals his convictions and sentences for felony battery, domestic battery by strangulation, false imprisonment, and grand theft. Kep-ford filed a pro se motion to withdraw his plea after sentencing, and he contends on appeal that the trial court should have appointed conflict-free counsel to represent him at the hearing on his motion to withdraw plea. We reverse the denial of the motion and remand for the appointment of conflict-free counsel.

The State contends that this court should dismiss the appeal as one from a nonfinal order because the…