Trease v. State

Discharged counsel appeals the trial court’s order granting Robert J. Trease’s pro se motion to waive postconviction counsel and proceedings.1 For the reasons explained below, we affirm the trial court’s order, and we deny Trease’s subsequent request to reinstate his postconviction proceedings.

I. BACKGROUND

In 2000, this Court affirmed Trease’s conviction for first-degree murder and his death sentence. Trease v. State, 768 So.2d 1050 (Fla.2000). We outlined the facts of the crime as follows:

On August 17, 1995, Hope Siegel arranged a date with the victim, Paul Edenson, so Trease could learn…